Chillicothe Public Library District Receives Grant from Illinois State Library

October 22, 2021

Chillicothe - Library Director, Mary Aylmer, is pleased to announce Chillicothe Public Library District is a recipient of a grant award from the Illinois State Library, a department of the Illinois Secretary of State's Office. The On the Road to Recovery: Transforming Library Spaces grant provides funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) for projects focused on creating clean, safe library spaces.

Chillicothe Public Library District's award of $25,000 will allow the library to do just that by responding to the increased public safety requirements arising from the pandemic. The library's Keeping our Public Safe & Healthy project initiatives are 1) the professional cleaning and sanitizing of carpeted floors and upholstered furniture, 2) the addition of professional weekly cleaning services utilizing electrostatic technology, and 3) the installation of a washing machine and dryer used to disinfect children's toys and other washable library materials.

"Through achieving all three objectives," says Aylmer, "the library can help our public stay safe, healthy, and engaged."