Be Part of a Brand New Chapter — Give Today @ Your Library
The Janett and Larry Crain Memorial Library opened at 10 am on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
Thank you to our donors, our City, and County, for coming together to accomplish this project fundraising goal. It isn't too late to give a gift! Additional funds will help with the new library's furnishings to serve our Searcy and White County community for many years to come.
The following button will donate directly to the New Searcy Library fund.
Prefer to write a check? You may mail your gift (or deliver it in person) to:
WCP Library Friends Foundation
1609 W. Beebe Capps Expressway
Searcy, AR 72143
Located in the Janett and Larry Crain Memorial Library
Phone (501) 279-2870 ext. 124
Timeline
(newest updates are at the top)
- September 18, 2024- Grand Opening event at 10 am
- November 21, 2023 - Brick Fundraising Campaign begins and will end March 31, 2024
- November 19, 2023 - White County Quorum Court approves request of $100,000 to be used toward the technology and furnishing needs of the new library
- August 15, 2023 --
- July 12, 2023 - Searcy's City Council contributed the remaining funds needed to the new Searcy library project and approved the bid for the renovation of the new library facility. Construction will begin within the next few weeks!
- July 12, 2023 - the Larry and Janett Crain Charitable Foundation approved a contribution of $386,000 to the new Searcy library project.
- In June 2023, members of to the new library project
- April, 2023 - White County Quorum Court approved another $200,000
- Tuesday, Dec 13, 2022, the Searcy City Council designated $1 Million for the new library project. We have raised $5,164,092.83 or 97.44% of the $5.3 M goal
- We've entered the Public Phase.
- $2 Million Donated for new Searcy location by Larry Crain
- Fundraising Feasibility Report