Library opens on St. Charles Mesa in Pueblo County
Book lovers on the St. Charles Mesa no longer have to make the drive into the city to check out a book.
The Pueblo City-County Library District opened a branch at 24655 U.S. Highway 50 East. More than 100 people packed into the library Tuesday morning for a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The library is named after Tom L. & Anna Marie Giodone. The Giodone family has owned a business on the Mesa since the late 1930s.
“All this was farming and now we have a library here that could help secure the educational portion of what we need for younger generations to come,” said the couple’s son, Tommy Giodone Jr.
The executive director of the library district, Jon Walker, estimates that more than 120,000 books and other library materials will be checked out during the library’s first year.
“There are a lot of underserved people out here, people who don’t have access to the kind of resources that they need,” Walker said.
Walker believes the $2 million facility will improve the quality of life in the community.
