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New Buncombe County branch managers outline community programs, training and renovation plans

Buncombe County Public Library Advisory Board (nonofficial meeting) · November 14, 2025
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Summary

Three recently assigned branch managers described arts, outreach and training plans: artist-designed branch crests, sprinter van pop-mobile wrap, special-need and homelessness service training, partnerships with HHS, Homeward Bound and AHOPE, and plans to keep branches engaged during renovation.

At a nonofficial Buncombe County advisory meeting, three library managers introduced themselves and described plans to expand programming, partnerships and branch improvements.

Erin Parcells, identified herself as the library services manager at PAC Memorial Library and described initiatives including commissioning local artists to design branch crests, creating a vehicle wrap for the pop-mobile (a recently acquired sprinter van), and converting an upstairs public area into an art/display space and flexible programming area. "So my background is... I am the library services manager at PAC…

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