Supporting a culture of safety and health through awareness, education, and skill-building, Marion Public Library is standing up against violence. On Sept. 1, 2018, Marion Public Library will become a No Hit Zone and will join a growing number of organizations and communities across the nation that have put similar programs in place.
A No Hit Zone is an environment that supports a culture of safety and health where:
No adult shall hit another adult
No adult shall hit a child
No child shall hit an adult
Filter Snippets by Section
Snippets Archive
News for Children
Adults
Children
Teens
Posted: Sep 1, 2018
Adults
Children
Teens
The library's annual report for FY2016-17 is available! We are excited to share our successes. Printed copies are available in the library: just ask!
Posted: Feb 6, 2018
Adults
Children
Teens
Posted: May 25, 2016
Adults
Children
Public/private partnerships offer a new and exciting way to achieve civic goals at lower cost and avoid public debt, but they are a new way of doing things and there can be misunderstandings about them.
An article appeared in the August 6 edition of the Marion Times about the Plug Into Your Community Event sponsored by the Marion Chamber of Commerce, MEDCO, the Marion Blue Zones Project, and the City. The purpose of the event was to help people become more informed about what’s happening in the City. Unfortunately, most of the information in the article about the library project is wrong.
Posted: Aug 7, 2015
Adults
Children
Teens
For several years now, the Library Board of Trustees has been working from the direction provided by the community during the Imagine 8 visioning process in 2009. Expanding the library was identified as one of the 8 most important goals for making Marion a better place to live. The process started with 1800 ideas. We’re finally getting around to making the library happen.
Posted: Jul 23, 2015
Adults
Children
Teens
Last date to take the survey was July 19, 2015: thanks to those of you who participated!
When you plan for a new library facility you need to look beyond your current needs and try to envision what the community will be like in 20 years. We started down that road last year when we developed an assessment of the features needed in a new Marion library, one designed to serve a city of 60,000 in 2035.
Posted: Jun 29, 2015
Adults
Children
A Step Closer to Another Imagine8 Goal
Posted: Feb 4, 2015