Three hundred and sixty-five days ago, on Monday, October 7, 2024, the Todd County Public Library had its official “soft opening” with over 200 patrons celebrating the long-awaited opening of the 12,900 square foot facility located at 507 South Main Street.
Built by C&C Contracting of Russellville, Kentucky at a cost of $4.1 million dollars from a grant from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA), the new facility has seen much change from its initial opening last fall. A visitor to the library in April, Allen Polk of Huntsville, Alabama, shared upon his first seeing the library that it could easily fit in around the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Allen, a TCCHS graduate with military experience, shared in his comments that he was in awe of the spaciousness and design of the building.
A visitor to the library today will immediately be greeted with two display cases; currently, the cases are chocked full of memorabilia and artifacts from patrons’ visits around the world. Countries represented include among others Hungary, England, Australia, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Ecuador, Sweden, and Hawaii. A frequent visitor to the library, a gentleman from Madisonville, shared the building was very welcoming and a major upgrade to the previous library located on East Main Street. Susan Carroll, a former trustee who served as president of the Library Board during the library’s planning and early months of construction, added the library is a beautiful facility and a wonderful gift to Todd County. She also shared her grandchildren love to come to the library because of its inviting appeal. Omar Figueroa-Navarrete, a senior at TCCHS who has worked at the library for over a year, stated, “I can see the transformation of the library from its initial look last October to its many improvements of today.”…