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Passport program pulls in $300K for Hall Library System in first 2 years
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Emily Braselton helps Keven Martinez, 18, complete his passport application Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at the Blackshear Place library. The Hall County Library System has been operating its passport program for two years. - photo by Scott Rogers
Revenue from a passport application program begun two years ago has, in part, allowed the Hall County Library System to increase operating hours at every branch, end furloughs for all workers and reinstate other cutbacks made during and after the Great Recession.