Red Bank library installed a new, higher-profile sign on its front lawn Thursday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Deborah Griffin-Sadel has long believed that Red Bank library is the borough’s best kept secret.
Maybe not anymore. Which would be a good thing, she says.
“We’re trying to get more visibility and let people use our services,” said Griffin-Sadel, the library’s director.
A marquee sign planted on the lawn, she thinks, might do the trick.
So, a marquee it is.
The library received and installed a new, six-foot tall fixture Thursday afternoon, and Griffin-Sadel suspects it’ll catch the eyes of passersby and fill them in on what the library has to offer.
“When we reopened after the renovation, we started much more ambitious programs. We found that getting the word out has been really hard,” she said. “You know, we have these great programs and people come by a couple days later and say, Oh, I didn’t know you had that.”
For about $4,000, paid for by the Friends of the Red Bank Library, Griffin-Sadel said that shouldn’t be the case anymore. The library is poised to play a larger role in Red Bank, she said.
“It’s the idea that the library should really be part of the community,” she said.
