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A place to gather and grow
Mail PO Box 292
(Donations -make checks to TCLA)
location 1173 S. Main St.
Templeton, CA 93465
805 221-5372 templeton.reading@gmail.com
All volunteer run and donor funded
Templeton Library is open
5 days a week!
Tuesdays 10 am - 5 pm
Wed./Thurs./Fri. 1-5 pm
Saturdays 10-1pm
Closed Sundays & Mondays
Holidays observed:
New Year's Day, MLK Day, President's Day,
Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day & Friday after
Christmas Day & day after
Community Call to Action
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Templeton residents pay 1.6% of their property taxes for library services that fund 14 county branches—not Templeton Library.
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SLO County has collected that money for 45 years, since the original Templeton Library was closed in 1979
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The county promised a 50-50 agreement to build a new library in Templeton but then had no funds to match residents' fundraising.
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The county library budget is $13 Million. Our request for the $318, 000 Templeton residents pay for library services annually — is less than 3% of the library budget.
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In its 3 years of operation, Templeton Library has outperformed other small county libraires in circulation and collection size.
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TCLA asks for a $318,000 tax exchange from SLO County directed to Templeton Community Service District to operate Templeton Library.
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Lack of tax funding prevents Templeton Library from applying for state and federal funds.
Here's what you can do to help:
Email SLO County Supervisors and TCSD Directors. Encourage County Supervisors to approve a tax exchange to direct tax money that Templeton residents pay for library services to TCSD.
Ask TCSD Directors to accept the funds and administer them to operate Templeton Library.
SLO Supervisors:
John Peschong - john@johnpeschong.com
Dawn Ortiz-Legg - dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us
Heather Moreno - hmorena@co.slo.ca.us
Jimmy Paulding - jpaulding@co.slo.ca.us
Bruce Gibson - bgibson@co.slo.ca.us
TCSD Directors:
Navid Fardanesh - nfardanesh@templetoncsd.org
Wayne Petersen - wpetersen@templetoncsd.org
Eric Mortensen - emortensen@templetoncsd.org
Debra Logan - dlogan@templetoncsd.org
Chelsea Tirone - ctirone@templetoncsd.org
Comment at a Board of Supervisors meeting in SLO on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month.
Attend and comment at TCSD meetings, the 3rd Tuesday of every month.
Call Melinda Reed, TCLA President 650 796-6295 for detailed information.
Templeton Library welcomes all residents with free library cards, Wi-Fi, computer access and printing services. We have an exceptional children's area and a total collection of over 15,000 materials. We make copies @ $.25 each.
Children's Storytime
Every Tuesday 10:05 AM Kristen Barnhart, storyteller, and Papa Bear
Coffee & adult stories
Free coffee each week
EVERY Tuesday at 11 am
Story host: Nina
Christmas Photos information under Events tab.
ART WITH ANNIE!
Every other Wedneday, 3-4pm ages 7-12
Free, materials to make notecards & gifts for the Library gift shop!
Next classes: 12/3, 12/17, 1/7
(NO ART on 11/26 or 12/31)
Templeton Library is a free public Library, all Donor funded and all Volunteer run. No government or taxpayer funds were received.
It is operated by Templeton Community Library Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation of members.
Designed by 19Six Architects and built by PL Construction at the corner of Main Street and Templeton Rd, it is situated in the Templeton High School parking lot.
Templeton Library is staffed by trained volunteers as a public space that will serve the learning and technology needs of our community.
Book Donations:
We take used books in good condition,
maximum 2 boxes a week per household.
We are grateful for hardcover best sellers, almost new Sci-Fi paperbacks, Young Adult, and Spanish books.
We are unable to accept encyclopedias and dictionaries. Thank you!!
