Mars library keeping up with area growth
Fresh off of a campaign to renovate the exterior of the building, the Mars Area Public Library is looking ahead to the future and keeping up with an expansion of members in the southern Butler County area.
Library director Caitlyn Boland said that since 2019, the library has seen a 50% growth in cardholders.
“In the stats at the end of 2018, we had 7,402 active holders, and that number has grown to 11,249, as of this August,” Boland said. “We feel it. I wondered for a long time why I felt so busy all of the time, and then when I ran the actual numbers, I thought, that makes total sense.”
The library’s annual donation campaign has started, encouraging patrons to donate to support general funding and other upcoming projects.
This Saturday, Oct. 1, during Mars Applefest, the Friends of the Library will hold a book sale to benefit the library.
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