Well, here we are everyone! The big day finally arrived, and the Little Falls Library had its soft reopening on Saturday, July 29. All of the anticipation, the hard work of so many different hands, and the support of the community paid off in droves when we opened the doors and let that flood of customers back in.
It was so exciting to see people taking in the all the changes, gobbling up new releases, and greeting our team, old and new. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and celebrated with us! In addition to welcoming back regular customers, we also met several new faces who had moved into the area while the branch was closed. They all expressed excitement at having such a lovely local library.
We have one more piece of excitement coming up this weekend. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place this coming Saturday, August 26, at 10 am. This will be another chance for everyone to celebrate the hard work that went into reopening this branch.
Now, our journey through these weekly blog posts is over. It was a pleasure sharing all the progress with you all, and I thank everyone who followed the blog during the refresh. Now, this blog will become a monthly publication concerning collections, programs, or services we want to highlight. Please continue to follow it; it's a fun way for us to provide Little Falls information to a wide audience.
Before I sign off on this Refresh project, I wanted to share a neat moment before we finally flipped that "Closed" sign to "Open". Almost our entire team worked on Saturday, and just minutes before the doors cracked open, we were standing around admiring the clean, new space packed with books awaiting an eager reader, and we could see the crowd gathering outside. It was eerily quiet at 9:56 am on a Saturday morning.
Cookies from our Friends of the Library were plated and ready to be devoured.
The children's room was freshly merchandised and neatly ordered.
The meeting room was set up for play.
The upstairs reading room was arranged.
Our teen area invited its visitors to answer the question: "What programs for teens do you want?"
All of these facets of your library combined to finally welcome its customers home. The doors opened. You all flooded in. Books were checked out. Holds were placed. Toys were played with. Balloon animals were made. The rest of the day was a rush of excitement, positivity, and greetings. I wish I could have slowed it down to savor it, but I will always cherish that moment right as the doors opened, the exact moment we became a library again.
Thank you all for your support and patience! Welcome home.
Patrick Fromm,
Little Falls
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