Editing Lake Alfred, Florida (section)

==Lake Alfred Public Library==

Lake Alfred Public Library was started in 1962 by the Junior Women's Club.<ref name="Our Library is Born">{{cite web|last1=Brumbaugh|first1=Jane|last2=Wheaton|first2=Margaret|title=Our Library is Born|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/7657c8_a8363412c330444a9390b3f82f41a0e2.pdf|website=Lake Alfred Public Library|publisher=Lake Alfred Public Library|access-date=April 12, 2018|ref=18}}</ref> It was housed in the Dees Building on West Haines Blvd.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> 1000 books were donated by Lake Alfred residents and merchants.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> The books were also processed by volunteers.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> Merchant W.R. Dees provided the storefront requiring a low enough rent that the Junior Women's Club could pay.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> The club also held bake sales, rummage sales, and dances to raise money to provide for material needs such as furniture.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> The grand opening was October 1962.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> Within a year a larger storefront opened in the same building and volunteers once again moved the library.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> Volunteers ran the library causing for unpredictable hours in which the library was open.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> Sometimes it was only open 3 hours a week.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> In 1967, the city provided a small house in Lion's Park for the growing library to move to, and in 1969, the city hired a part-time professional librarian, and funded new books and supplies.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> In 1972, the City of Lake Alfred created a library board made up of seven members appointed by the city commission and city manager.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> It was not until 1973 that Lake Alfred took over the ownership and responsibility for the Lake Alfred Public Library.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> It was moved to the new Public Safety building on Pomelo Street with the library in between the police and fire department.<ref name="Our Library is Born" /> In 2012, the library moved to a new building on North Seminole Avenue after the Friends of the Library group received money bequeathed by Florida Citrus Hall of Fame member, [[Edwin L. Moore|Edwin Moore]],.<ref name="Moving">{{cite news|last1=Hurst|first1=Mary|title=Lake Alfred Library Moving to New Home|url=http://www.theledger.com/article/LK/20120602/News/608082623/LL/|access-date=April 12, 2018|work=The Lakeland Ledger|publisher=Ledger Media Group|date=June 2, 2012|ref=19}}</ref> The library is part of the Polk County Library cooperative. The library offers wireless printing, technology classes, print and e-books, WiFi, and children's programming <ref name="LAPL">{{cite web|title=Services Available at the Library|url=https://www.lakealfredlibrary.org/services|website=Lake Alfred Public Library|publisher=Lake Alfred Public Library|access-date=April 12, 2018|ref=20}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The library is located at 245 N. Seminole Ave. Lake Alfred, Florida 33850.