Lexington Public Library Officials have a message they want to get out to area readers; if you can’t make it to the library, the library will come to you. To that end they announced a partnership with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department to place 50 tiny libraries all around town.
The idea is when you take a book, you leave a book, if you have one. The first boxes, which hold 35 to 40 books each will serve clients at three properties managed by the Lexington Hope Center.
"This means access to books right on site for our 700 to 800 clients who are battling homelessness, who battling addiction and mental illness," said Hope Center Development Director, Carrie Thayer.
LPL Executive Director Ann Hammond says today’s announcement is just the beginning.
"Throughout the fall and winter we'll be putting in thirty in parks throughout the city, Coolavin Park, Valley Park, Duncan Park, Community Centers at Gainesway and Kenwick, and then we have a number of other locations that are in the process," Hammond told WUKY.
Library officials are also asking people and businesses to sponsor a Tiny Library with a donation of $250.