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Gary library touts Dolly Parton Imagination Station as state funding shrinks; asks school board for billing advocacy and partnership help

Gary Community School Corporation Board of Trustees · October 17, 2025
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The Gary Public Library reported a Dolly Parton Imagination Station rollout and said state library funding cuts threaten programs; library officials asked the board to help secure a NIPSCO key-account representative and to support friends-of-the-library recruitment and private fundraising.

A library representative told the Gary Community School Corporation board that the Gary Public Library held a Dolly Parton Imagination Station rollout and hosted the state's first lady for a read-aloud, and that private donors and foundations stepped in to sustain the program after state funding reductions.

The presenter said Indiana's…

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