As a staff, we have been talking for years about the possibility of having a big block party to kick off the summer and our summer reading programs. The timing was never quite right for one reason or another in the past, but we feel that this is the year to do it. The plan would be to close off the parking lot and set up a number of fun activities for a morning of fun activities. In addition to having staff available to talk about and help people get registered for our Summer Reading Programs, we would have a bounce house, petting zoo, face painter, ice cream/sno cones, live music, and other fun activities. Almost all of us have been involved in similar events at other libraries, and we think this would be a really fun way to kick off the summer and promote Summer Reading.
These will be staff-intensive activities, and I don’t expect that we will be able to staff the party and the building simultaneously. I would like to close the library during the hours of the block party. I don’t see why the library couldn’t be open as usual in the afternoon the event. So I’m proposing that we open late on June 3rd at 1pm.
Recommendation: I recommend that you approval a late opening time of 1pm on Saturday, June 3rd.