Libraries strengthen social and educational needs

The Vital Signs Report for 2025 focuses on the systems and spaces that connect us and identifies the library as playing a key role in strengthening the social and educational infrastructure of the County. Stronger libraries mean stronger communities and the County is blessed with six libraries under the umbrella of the PEC Library.

With the aim of contributing to the spaces that connect us, a group of like-minded community members gathered in spring 2024 to discuss how they might support the Bloomfield Library.

Housed in a compact building on Main Street, the Bloomfield Library has been in operation for more than a century. The facility, however, needed revitalization and the Friends dedicated themselves to doing so. With the generous support of the community, provincial and local funding organizations, the Friends assisted the Library in what we would now call a ‘glow up.’ New carpeting, shelving, furniture, painting, lighting and windows have resulted in a transformed space. And programming is revitalized as well with special emphasis on seniors and children in the community.

This is Ontario Public Library Week, and the theme is ‘Libraries for Life’. The PEC Library is proud to offer a friendly, safe, accessible and inclusive space that fosters lifelong learning and builds community. And the Friends of the Bloomfield Library are here to help because, after all, that’s what Friends do.

On behalf of the Friends, I invite you to visit the Bloomfield Library.

Denise Boos, Chair, Friends of the Bloomfield Library