Summary
Organization name
Fairmount Community Library
Causes
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Community Improvement, Education - K-12
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Tarrant
Address
1310 W Allen AveFort Worth, TX 76110
We are small library in the heart of Fairmount, Fort Worth. Our goal is to be open to all our neighbors and to provide exceptional service to those who visit us. We offer book lending, an extensive Fort Worth book collection, music and movement, story time, book clubs, 3-D printing, free wifi, a coffee bar, and other community events. We pride ourselves on not just being a library but a community hub for those who use the space and make the library their home. We are an all volunteer run library, our volunteers enable us to offer our space to our community. We are more than just books- we are a space for our neighbors to come together, a place that allows people with no address or ID to check out books, a place to help guide adults and children to a new world inside a book.
Our Needs
The community that surrounds the Fairmount Community Library (FCL) has recently been described as Fort Worth's innovation district, by Fort Worth South, Inc. This eclectic and burgeoning district has ignited economic and industrial growth increasing jobs within the region and welcoming new businesses and residents at a dramatic rate. As the only neighborhood community library the FCL seeks to meet the needs of the growing Near Southside district by expanding outreach and programming.
In addition to the general need for increased literary and cultural services within the community, the FCL will focus on growing specific youth programs in order to address local low graduation rates and high-risk students.
The FCL will expand our after-school tutoring program to grades K-12 and develop educational summer programming for students that focus on literacy, arts enrichment, and community development.
Furthermore, there is a need within the Near Southside for safe spaces in which community members of all ages can go to feel safe and secure. Along these lines, the FCL will commit to developing a database of support services within Fort Worth in order to connect individuals seeking refuge within the library.
Giving Activity
Mission
We are a cooperative effort to empower knowledge and inspire creativity, open to everyone with a desire to learn and in need of a place to gather.
We are a place where neighbors feel like family and are inspired to learn and create together.
Needs
Operating support - our biggest need is funding to help keep our doors open so we can provide services to our wonderful community.
Maintenance and repairs - our facilities are in need of cosmetic repairs, as well as continual maintenance needs. While we do not own our facilities - we endeavor to maintain a location that is aesthetically pleasing for all our guests.
Equity Statement
The Fairmount Community Library, in congruence with The American Library Association, affirms that equity, diversity, and inclusion are central to the promotion and practice of intellectual freedom. Libraries are essential to democracy and self-government, to personal development and social progress, and to every individual’s inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To that end, libraries and library workers should embrace equity, diversity, and inclusion in everything that they do.
Media gallery
Organization Data
Fort Worth, TX 76110