Celebrations and Rejections

This open house was held in 1978 in an effort to show off the library to the public and encourage patrons to support referendum efforts to expand the library. The referendum however was unsuccessful, and so the library Board looked for other ways to make the necessary updates to the library building.

Updates to the library happened in two waves, and the above photos are from groundbreaking in the summer of 1985.

The library had to fund the building updates other ways, through loans and a grant from the Illinois State Library. In 1986 a grant signing event was held at the Green Hills Public Library.