The Conference/Event Center at the Library

The Petersburg Library Foundation is building a large, flexible Conference/Event Center at the Petersburg Public Library to better serve the Petersburg community. To date, we've raised ~$1.7 million!

How can you help?  We need to raise $6,000 by  October 16 in order to qualify for significant support from the Gannett Foundation.  Your gift of $25, $50, $100 or more will help us meet that goal.

When it's finished, the Conference/Event Center will welcome children for story times, performances, classes and other age-appropriate activities.  The Conference/Event Center will also host business, civic and government meetings, weddings, parties and other celebations, and more!

Your support will help us: 

• Expand the current meeting space to create a Conference/Event Center that can accommodate up to 375 people
• Create secure and lighted additional parking spaces to support the new Conference/Event Center
• Purchase tables, chairs, story mats and other furnishings for use in the new space
• Install energy-efficient LED lights
• Upgrade technology 
• Create storage space for furnishings and supplies, thereby freeing up Library space currently used for this purpose
• Expand the Wellness Center so that larger audiences for health-related programs can be accommodated