On February 14, 2024, Dr. Dan Turner and Mrs. Trudy Bazemore talked to us about the renovation of the Georgetown County Library, which has been going on for over a year. We miss going to the library and are anxious for it to reopen. Dr. Turner and Mrs. Bazemore told us that the reopening may be this spring, perhaps in April. The first library in Georgetown dates from 1799, so our current library stands in a long and great tradition.

We can expect to see lots of changes when we finally go back in. One is the addition of a new auditorium, which can hold 100 people instead of 50. The new auditorium will be a great space for public programming and allow the library can host more and larger events. The old auditorium has been turned into a video editing studio, which is a very exciting development.

A film production class will be taught there to interested teens and adults once the library reopens.

Dr. Turner and Mrs. Bazemore assured us that we will love the changes. “Everything will be so fresh and different,” Mrs. Bazemore said. “We can’t wait for y’all to see it!” They closed by inviting us to help reshelve the 80,000 volumes that have been in storage all year, an offer we are going to accept gladly.   

By Kipper