A PUBLICATION OF FRIENDS OF PUNTA GORDA CHARLOTTE LIBRARY, INC. PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA Dear Friends, I hope 2021 has begun on a positive note for all of you as it has for the Friends. We welcomed a new board member, Brenda Townsend, last month. Some of you may know...
The “Pages from Our Library’s Past” mural on the side of the new Punta Gorda Charlotte Library on Shreve Street is The Punta Gorda Historic Mural Society’s 30th mural. The 15 foot by 15 foot mural was painted by artist Skip Dyrda. The two-page scrapbook in the center...
Dear Friends, My name is Minerva King and I am the new President of the Friends of the Punta Gorda Charlotte Library. I am excited as I begin working with the new Board, the library staff and our Friends members. Former president Katie Mazzi has left some big shoes to...
Dear Friends, The most famous line from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams was “If you build it, he will come.” But since the movie became a box office hit, this classic line has been rewritten hundreds of times as: “If you build it, they will come.” And that is exactly...
The new Punta Gorda Charlotte Library opened to the public on August 26, 2019This new library is the result of years of work by the Friends of the Punta Gorda Library, now calling themselves the Friends of the Punta Gorda Charlotte Library.The new library is:Located...
A publication of Friends of the Punta Gorda Library Punta Gorda, Florida Volume 15, Issue 3 February 2019 Dear Friends, A current New York Times bestseller is The Library Book by Susan Orlean. This book is initially described as the mystery of the 1986 fire at the Los...
Enjoy these renderings of the new Punta Gorda Charlotte Library. The 20,100 square foot library will include meeting rooms, Friends of the Library area, youth and program space, computer area with instructional classes, and space for archive...
