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Location

426 S. Michigan Ave.
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone: (231) 796-5234
Fax: (231) 796-1078

Library Hours

Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10am-8pm
Wednesday: 10am-8pm
Thursday: 10am-6pm
Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-1pm

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Renovation Update: 
The Library Renovation plans are going out for bid. 
Help support the library by donating to the renovation, 
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M.A.P.
The Michigan Activity Pass  will allow
library users with a valid library card from one of Michigan's nearly 400 public
  libraries to print a pass, either from home or at the library, to one of the nearly 60 participating institutions. Passes may provide free admission, special discounts or other exclusive offers for MAP pass holders.  BRCL has five passes for each of the participating organizations from Monroe to Mackinaw City to Marquette, and all points in between!  Check it out before your next vacation

Library Patrons: Important Notice!!!!

Library Users, the Big Rapids Community Library is withdrawing from the Michi-Card program on July 1st. This means that if BRCL is not your home library, you will need to purchase a non-resident card as of July 1, 2013 to continue checking out materials. 

This decision has not been made lightly; due to budget cuts, the Big Rapids Community Library cannot continue servicing so many patrons from neighboring communities at no cost. Also, with MelCat we are finding that the majority of our home library patrons are not traveling to other libraries to check out books. Instead, they are ordering them to be delivered to BRCL through the MelCat program. We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause some of you, but we encourage you to either purchase a $25 non-resident card to continue to use the Big Rapids Community Library or to check out what your own home library has to offer. We appreciate your patronage.

Library users & Big Rapids Community members, your supervisory board wants to hear from
YOU!
Attend your next township/commission meeting or send them an e-mail/letter. Let them know why you use the library and/or why you feel it is important to have a library in our community.

Look below for township contact info and meeting times.
Don't know what township you live in? Click HERE

In a small city a good library is indispensable to the intellectual growth of its people.
                                                                                                                -Harriet C. Phelps

Big Rapids City

Mayor: Mark Warba
e-mail: mark@warbalaw.com
Next Commission Meeting: 1st and 3rd Monday of the month @6:30
City Hall: 226 N. Michigan Ave.
                Big Rapids, MI 49307

Big Rapids Township

Supervisor: Bill Stanek
e-mail:
supervisorstanek@bigrapidstownship.net
Phone: (231) 796-3603
Next Board Meeting: First Tue. of the month @7pm
Township Hall: 14212 Northland Dr. 
                        Big Rapids, MI 49307

Green Charter Township

Supervisor: Bob Baldwin
e-mail: supervisor@greentownship.org
Phone:(231) 796-6201
Next Board Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of the month @7pm
Township Hall: PO Box 233 (21431 Northland Drive)  -  Paris, Michigan   
49338     

Colfax Township

Supervisor: Nick Kaye
Supervisor address: 12257 130th Ave. Rodney, MI 49307
Next Board Meeting: 3rd Wednesday of the month @ 7pm
Township Hall:14428 157th Ave. Big Rapids, MI 49307
Township Phone #: (231) 796-3122
Office Hours: Tuesday 9am-1pm

Grant Township

Supervisor: Randy Vetter
Supervisor address: 18044 Lake Dr. Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone: (231) 796-4713
Next Board Meeting: Second Monday of the month @ 6:30pm
Township Hall: 21 Mile Rd. & 150th Ave.
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Township Phone #: (231) 796-9287

Norwich Township

Supervisor: Kenneth Knapp 
Phone: (231) 796-8544
Supervisor Address: 5904 E. Polk St. White Cloud, MI 49349 
Next Board Meeting:2nd Wednesday of the month @ 7pm
Township Hall: 7213 N Cypress                     Ave, Big Rapids, 
MI 49307

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. -Dr. Seuss

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