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The Rural Library Project was first
contacted for information and assistance
in 2005 by a regional planner and the
branch manager of the Quitman County
Public Library. Through changes in city
and county governments and regional
library systems, we’ve worked to
encourage the Unified Government of
Georgetown-Quitman County and the
Quitman County Library Board in their
effort to create new space for their
library.
In 2010, Georgetown-Quitman Co.
submitted an application for a USDA
Community Facilities loan and grant to
build a new library. The new library
will face a primary road, be across the
street from a community center and
within walking distance of the county
schools.
On June 16 ,2010 the Rural Library
Project staff participated in
a public planning meeting in Georgetown
to begin the design
of the new library.
The Rural Library Project provided a
grant to Georgetown-Quitman County to
defray the expenses to develop
architectural plans for the new library
and to purchase surplus library chairs
from the University of West Georgia
through the Georgia Department of
Administrative Services Surplus Property
Division. This gift was made possible
by a grant to The Rural Library Project
from the Betty and Davis Fitzgerald
Foundation to support our library
projects in Georgia.
Dan White
and Richard Morris
“Thanks again for all you have done to
get our new library from a dream to
reality,” wrote Richard Morris, Chairman
of the Georgetown-Quitman County
Commission after receiving a grant check
from Dan White, co-founder of The Rural
Library Project.
Through The Rural Library Project,
Georgetown-Quitman County also received
donated library shelving from the Robert
W. Woodruff Library of Emory University,
saving them thousands of dollars in
equipment costs for their new library.
Picking
up shelving from Emory University
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