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Advisory board considers 'little free libraries' in parks; staff to research costs and maintenance
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board · October 14, 2025
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Summary
A board member proposed installing small community book-exchange boxes in parks. Members asked staff to research feasibility, potential partners such as the library district, vandalism and maintenance concerns, and alternative indoor locations like the Reynard Center.
At the Oct. 14 informational meeting, a board member asked the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to consider installing "little free libraries"—small, public book-exchange boxes—in city parks.
"I do have something I'd like to put out on the table...is the idea of putting the little libraries in the parks,"…
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