What's the future of the cafe space at SW? We're working with WWBIC (Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative) to create a Business Incubator Space. Local entrepreneurs will rent the space for 6 month periods to test their mettle before opening their own restaurant or catering businesses. Our first client hopes to move in by July 1.
Our new delivery service officially begins Monday, with a free trial run tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the last Saturday service under the new arrangement. As anyone starting a new job knows, there will be small things to learn every day until service is perfectly aligned with our needs. You can help by cheerfully welcoming our new drivers and sending feedback to Scott Smith if you think anything needs adjusted.
The next Friends Book Sale is scheduled for June 2-4 @SW.
KPL has been spearheading the City of Kenosha Parks Alliance for the past year. The program brings day camps for kids 5 to 15 to 3 city parks this year. The Boys and Girls Club will run the program in Lincoln Park. The YMCA will run programs in Hobbs Park (Wilson School Neighborhood) and Roosevelt Park. Music concerts and films are planned at Lincoln Park. A team of our Outreach and YS staff are planning extra events like Chess Nights, Tech Nights, Shakespeare performances, and Family Fun events, and the Bookmobile will make regular stops at all 3 parks. The program is paid by the city through funds generated by cell tower leases. The summer programs will kick off with a Peace in the Streets event in Lincoln Park on Saturday, June 10, 11-4.
Look for an app developed by Parkside's App Factory to be released soon. We'll be promoting the programs all summer long via our KPL web site and Facebook pages. We'll also be hiring a summer intern to keep order to it all.
We have some excellent candidates for Teen Librarian and we'll be finishing our interviews this coming week. We should have the position filled just in time for Summer Reading kickoff.
Speaking of Summer Reading, I encourage you all to attend the orientation sessions offered by YS this coming week. If you can't attend, please follow up and get the information you need to easily answer patron questions. The community looks forward to this powerful program every year, and we all need to be ready to answer their questions and get them signed up for summer learning! This year we will have programs for children, teens, and adults.
This week we celebrated two library staff members honored as Kenosha leaders. On Wednesday night, Anne Rasmussen graduated from Leadership Kenosha, an 8 month program sponsored by UW Extension and the Chamber of Commerce to recognize local talent and immerse them into the workings of our community. Last night, Brandi Cummings was celebrated as a KABA Future 5 leader, one of just 5 young leaders identified as destined for greatness. I was proud to attend both ceremonies and hear about their accomplishments and dreams for the future. Please join me in congratulating both Anne and Brandi!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Barb
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I've had quite a few people from events ask about catering, or if the library offered refreshments like coffee. If we could work something out with our cafe vendor being able to offer some sort of catering for public/library events, then that would be perfect. Even if that isn't possible, I think kpl should offer basic things like coffee for a small fee.
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