10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL AUGUST 2, 2017
CG Library keeps residents busy during the summer
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
As libraries around the country, state and neighboring counties
are getting shut down due to a lack of funding, the Cottage Grove
Library is alive and well.
But this is not the stereotypical library that comes to mind when
libraries are discussed. This is a library because that is what it says
on the entrance when you walk in and because there are mountains
of books of all sorts on the shelves, but that is not where this library
stops.
What makes the Cottage Grove Library successful is a combina-
tion of commitment to being more than just a building with books
and working with groups around the community. The space locat-
ed on Gibbs Ave., that was once a grocery store, is part art muse-
um, hang out spot, amateur concert hall and computer lab. There’s
books, too. The library is predicated on being a place for the people.
“Libraries have become almost community centers; the hub of a
community where there is
activities, where there is interaction where there are workshops
and author events and food
events,” said Cottage Grove Community Services Director Pete
Barrell. “I think we are in a real exciting era for
libraries. It’s really opened up, I think, this form of communica-
tion and exploration to broader
audiences.”…
And this particular library has been embracing this role. Four
years ago the library made sure that it was ready for the busiest
time of year: summer. With students active and needing a place to
go, it was ready to take them in. While the summer programs it runs
involve the typical summer reading programs that libraries hold,
it also features weekly trips to places like Wildlife Safari or white
water rafting and hands on activities centered around science.
Last week a group of seven to 12 year olds took a bus to Rujada,
a hiking trail outside of Cottage Grove, where they were treated
with yoga in the morning and hiking in the afternoon. This, and all
the other programs, is a free trip that includes meals from Food for
Lane County.
“It’s trying to expose them to more cool stuff and to life beyond
Cottage Grove. Believe it or not, I met teens from Cottage Grove
who were born and raised here who had never seen the ocean,” said
Barrell.
And while these trips are fun, they are also educational.
“We let them supervise wonder and it is cool how many of them
went into this citizen scientist mode,” said Natasha Chitow the
Head Librarian. “They are like, ‘Oh man look at these things.’ They
were just overcome by the joy of discovery.”
While in a few weeks summer will be drawing to a close, the
library will not be slowing down. Each year the library applies for
and receives various grants from around the country. In the past they
have teamed with outlets varying from the Smithsonian to NASA.
“We have a population that is interested in learning,” said Barrell.
Cottage Grove
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Cottage Grove residents take full
advantage of the programs the
city's library has to offer over the
summer season including fi eld trips
and activities within the city.
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