Libraries Get Stiffed

Link to HometownNewsGroup.com post, "Sun Prairie named one of 10 best cities and towns for families by Family Circle".

Excerpt: Family Circle partnered with Onboard Informatics, a New York City research firm that provides real estate, demographic and other data, to assemble an initial list of 1,700 cities and towns with populations between 15,000 and 150,000. From that, nearly 800 localities were selected with a high concentration of households with an average income of $75,000. We then assessed which places best met our family-friendly criteria --including affordable homes, quality schools, access to health care, green space, low crime rate and financial stability-and ranked them from top to bottom. Family Circle then selected the ten winners from among the highest-rated towns.

Family-friendly criteria? How do public libraries not make the cut?

The article appears in the August 2009 issue of Family Circle, available for sale on July 7.

Check out for yourself how the Sun Prairie Public Library contributes to the quality of life for families.