Coastal Plain Regional Library, serving an area of 84,000 residents, has a collection of 300,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 2,600 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 4,000 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public. Staffing consists of 28 employees, of whom 6 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. The system comprises one central library and 5 branch libraries, plus one bookmobile. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $140,000. Patrons make 240,000 visits annually, and check out materials 340,000 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials. This facility houses administative offices. Branch libraries are listed below.
Location:
2014 Chestnut Avenue, Tifton Georgia 21794
Telephone
229-386-3400
Other Public Libraries nearby:
(Tifton) Coastal Plain Regional Library
(Camilla) Desoto Trail Regional Library System
(Albany) Dougherty County Public Library
(Fitzgerald) Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library
(Dawson) Kinchafoonee Regional Library System
(Moultrie) Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
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01/10 Coming to The Tifton area
Azalea Festival Valdosta GA March9-10 Free admission to a festival drawing 20,000 people from all over the Southeast and beyond.
Springtime Tallahassee Tallahassee FL April6 The festival includes a lot of fun for families and friends, such as: the Grand Parade, Jubilee in the Park, Children's Park, and the entertainment stages throughout the Jubilee with local and national entertainment acts.
Vidalia Onion Festival Vidalia GA April18-21 Cooking School, Miss and Little Miss Vidalia Onion Pageants, Onion Maze, Onion Cook-off, Tasting Competition, The Onion Run, parades, carnival, rodeo, street dance, onion shootgun shoot, as well as a Dutch oven cooking demonstration.
LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival Tallahassee FL April20-21 This annual two-day event draws tens of thousands of people to Tallahassee's downtown Chain of Parks from around the Big Bend/Southeast region to see 100+ artists who have traveled from all over the country to display their original works of fine art for sale and be judged by a juried panel in their media category.
Rose Show and Festival Thomasville GA February25 Held in beautiful downtown Thomasville, the Rose Festival has been a Southwest Georgia tradition since the 1920's! Enjoy roses, roses, and more roses, plus two parades, live music and street dance, arts and crafts, fantastic food and so much more!
Woodbine Crawfish Festival Woodbine GA April26-27 The annual Crawfish Festival is a family oriented event and offers something for all ages from children's amusements to arts & crafts, to cloggers, square dancers and live bands.
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