The Punxsutawney Memorial Library is participating in a new, nationwide project called Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces. Out of 106 applicants, our local library was selected as one of fifteen to learn and implement techniques to better engage with our communities and hear your feedback about what could make our communities better. Our goal is to develop some of those concerns into opportunities that promote learning, growth, and culture in our area.

Over the next few weeks, we will be implementing a variety of surveys and tools to acquire input on the community’s needs. If you have a few moments, your input will be greatly appreciated. This survey has 9 questions and focuses on ideas for programs/initiatives that could improve the area. It should hopefully take no more than 10 minutes of your time. Please be sure to click the "Done" button at the bottom of the survey when you are finished. Your individual responses will remain anonymous. We would be grateful if you could submit your responses by Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

(We have another survey out now which asks more about primary concerns in this area. If you have taken that one already, feel free to take this one, too. If you haven't, you can find the link on our website to share more on your overall concerns.)

For the scope of this project, we are considering communities within the areas that make up our library’s service area. We proudly serve as the home library to the boroughs of Punxsutawney, Big Run, Timblin, and Worthville; as well as the townships of Bell, Gaskill, McCalmont, Oliver, Perry, Porter, Ringgold, and Young. As part of the Punxsutawney Area School District, we also provide services to Banks, Canoe, and North Mahoning Townships.

For more on the project, you can follow it here: Webjunction's Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces

For more on the Punxsutawney Memorial Library's individual progress on the project and other input tools, you can follow us here: PML's Smart Spaces Project

Thank you very much for your time!