$74,000
in passport revenue accepted Libraries have had a difficult time during COVID, Library Director Holly Albanese said during a Flagler County Commission meeting March 15. Many libraries across the nation closed when it all happened, and it s no different in the state of Florida. Many libraries did close, and there are some libraries that are still closed to this day.
Not Flagler s: The county library closed on March 17, 2020, but then immediately started a curbside service, reopened at 25% capacity in May 2020 and 50% capacity in June 2020, and added some evening hours for K-12 student.
The library remains on limited hours: 57 hours per week at the main branch on Palm Coast Parkway, and 40 hours per week at the Bunnell branch on Moody Boulevard. Only about 30 of the library s 150 pre-COVID volunteers have been active.