Grant Award For LBRL!

On December 6, the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) announced the Lake Blackshear Regional Library winners of a Major Repair and Renovations grant for the Fiscal Year 2008. GPLS Library Facilities, Planning and Construction Director Nathan Rall informed LBRL Director Anne Isbell of the award which will be used to finish carpeting and painting the interior of the library and to construct a new roof.

The construction project which will remove the entire front part of the library building will only repaint and recarpet the area affected by the damage from the March tornado. The rest of the library will not be repainted or recarpeted as part of that project. This grant, however, will complete the painting and carpeting work.
The same goes for the roof, which is about fifteen-years-old. This grant will allow the library to receive a complete new roof rather than a partially repaired roof.

Keep in mind the library will be closed to the public for about two weeks in January. The two weeks will begin January 7. It is possible we may be able to reopen before the two weeks, but we are planning to be closed for that time. We wish we could stay open, but with movers coming and going there would be safety concerns if were open to the public. We are sorry for that inconvenience. By the end of January we will be in our new home and be able to provide all the services we have had in the past.