On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, something remarkable happened. The City of Fort Collins Parks and Recreation opened all playground and park amenities to the public. Without fanfare, the newly-renovated playground at Library Park officially welcomed its first families to come and play. Community residents had the opportunity in early 2019 to provide guidance in the […]
Curbside Pickup Service and Procedures

This information is also available on our website. Poudre River Public Library District is committed to providing customers expanded access to digital resources and safe access to physical materials through a limited curbside pickup service. Library buildings remain closed. Curbside pickup is offered for hold materials currently available at Old Town Library and Council Tree […]
Growing Community with the New Seed Library
“Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes What’d life be without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can’t buy That’s true love and homegrown tomatoes.” Guy Clark, country/folk singer Have you heard the news? The Library District has launched a new collection: a Seed Library! This unique, community-driven collection is located on the first floor at Old […]
Simple 3D Printing + Beautiful Artistic Touches = One Amazing Prosthetic Leg Cover

It’s always amazing what people come up with to design and print using the 3D printer at Old Town Library. We recently came across a great story from local artist Sarah Ezell, who was painting a beautiful Chinese phoenix on her friend’s prosthetic leg cover. And if this wasn’t enough, Sarah wanted the leg cover […]
Digitize Old 35mm Slides & Photo Negatives at the Library

Preserve your favorite memories using our Microfilm Reader For most of my childhood, annual Christmas traditions included sharing a large and boisterous meal with family, unwrapping mounds of presents, gorging on homemade fudge and popcorn balls, and viewing the latest carousel (or two) of family photo slides. Our living room became a makeshift screening room […]