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Hall library stocked for summer, offers extended hours, programming
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Janelle Woo and her daughters Alyssa, 10, and Marisa, 13, look through books Friday at the Hall County Library System in Gainesville. - photo by Erin O. Smith
The Great Recession slowed business across the nation, including affordable public services like the Hall County Library System. But Lisa MacKinney, library director for the Hall County Library System, said local public libraries are finally bouncing back and offering more services than they have in the last decade. “We were lucky to have some increase in local funding last year,” MacKinney said.