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 particular survey has 8 questions, which includes questions about your age and your home/work zip codes, and may take up to 10 minutes to complete. Please be sure to click the "Done" button at the bottom of the survey when you are finished. Your individual responses will remain anonymous. Please submit your responses by Monday, May 15.

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!