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New Buncombe County branch managers outline renovations, social‑service training and community programs
Summary
Three library managers — Erin Parcells at PAC, Kate Spratt at the Candler branch and Carl at West Asheville — described branch improvements, hiring, partnerships with Goodwill and NC Works, and plans for staff social‑work training and community outreach while branches are renovated.
Erin Parcells, the library services manager at PAC Memorial Library, introduced a slate of local initiatives including a plan to commission a local artist for a PAC library crest and to work with staff on a vehicle wrap for the system’s pop‑mobile; she said the system recently received a sprinter van to replace a truck. "So my name is Erin Parcells, and I am the library services manager at PAC Memorial Library," she said as she summarized her return to PAC and the partnership work she has begun.
Erin outlined interior changes she and staff are pursuing to make the branch more welcoming—new furniture, paint and carpeting—and said they plan to rearrange the upstairs…
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