Friday, June 6, 2014

Where Is the Dayton Program Room?

Many people have noticed the "Dayton Program Room" listed on our event calendar as the location of meetings, book discussions and other activities.  Some have been confused, asking "Wasn't that the name of the community meeting space in the old Library?"

In the new Library, we have two spaces for programs on the Lower Level, and we have chosen to designate one of them as the Dayton Program Room, in ongoing recognition of the generous donors who gave the money to create the original Dayton room in 1990. The addition of this space completely transformed the Library's capacity for programming for adults, which jumped from virtually nothing to 3,294 participants in 1995.  By 2012, when we vacated the space, yearly adult program attendance had grown to over 11,500. With the expanded program facilities in the new building, we expect to see that number continue to grow.