The Cold Spring Friends Of The Library, lead by volunteer President Pat Grelson, have set some aggressive goals to help solve the present library space issues. Over the past 5 years the number of people using the library and the number of items handled have increased to the point of the facility bursting at the seams.
The Friends Of The Library have approached the city in a matching donation dollars agreement that is projected to raise at least $400,000 over the next 3 years. Since the campaign began this last December, $11,000 have already been committed to the project.
The Cold Spring Library is located in the Cold Spring City Hall and presently occupies a total of 1600 square feet. In 2004, the Cold Spring Library had the highest circulation of books per hour than any other library in their 30 plus cooperative. That includes the communities of St. Cloud, Monticello and Little Falls.
Volunteers have put in more hours than ever before during 2005 to help keep the books flowing to the adults and young people who make use of this valuable resouce in the "Land Of ROCORI".
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