The Oskaloosa Public Library wants to use land recently donated to the City to expand its reading garden. Library Director Marion Gaughan talks about the project.

“We would like to expand the reading garden that is currently there, but we would like a more green space reading garden…so that we have the ability to host programs there.  We don’t really have a green space, so we’d like to have a green space.”

The new reading garden would include a large oval lawn.  It would be built on the southeast corner of the block where the Oskaloosa Public Library now stands.  The project is expected to cost around $243,000. Gaughan says the money would be raised through private fund-raising.