The McKinney Library is learning how to accommodate its big boom in residents while at the same time getting creative when it comes to engaging the entire family in reading.
“In the seven years I have been here, McKinney has grown about 30% in population,” Gary Landeck with the public library said.“What we used to do is just kind of jam everybody into a room for programs that we would do. Now, what we’re doing for this big kind of events is using the entire library space. We are even going outside when possible because there are just so many people coming to the library,” Landeck said.to story times and art activities, Landeck said there is something for everyone.
“We do STEM programming with things like a program called Mad Science. We’ve added some new ones as well. We do a monthly Friday night jam session with musicians and other offerings as well,” Landeck said.
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