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classes have resumed with a variety of classes offered each month. Since reopening, Maker
Spot equipment has had over 2,300 hours of usage.

 The Mayor’s Summer Reading Club had 2,200 participants who read 86,426 hours in 2021.
During the summer reading months, the community checked out an average of 326 items for
each hour the Library was open. The Library launched a new Mayor’s Summer Reading story
time series, and a new Library in the Park program. Library staff traveled to selected parks
throughout NRH bringing stories, activities, and books to engage the community. The series
continued in 2022.

 The Library set a new all-time record of e-book circulation in April 2021 with 9,370 checkouts
in a single month.

 The annual Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest was expanded into a grant-funded, two-day event in
2021. The first day was a virtual event with participation from schools across the state. The
second day was an in-person event. Across the two days, the Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest had
a total of 626 attendees. The NRH Centre celebrated its 10th anniversary in FY21/22 with
operations and revenues making a complete comeback to pre-pandemic numbers. The
Centre currently has over 3,200 individual and family memberships, billing approximately
$1.4 million by the end of the current fiscal year. Also included in this number is a record in
drop-in day pass sales. Youth programming has seen a strong comeback with 30% of this
year’s offerings requiring a waitlist. In the aquatics area, all swim lessons have sold out.
Camp NRH continues its strong enrollment numbers as well with 97% capacity for 2022.

 The NRH Senior Center continues to serve over 800 members of our senior community with
quality programming, wellness, fitness and social connection opportunities. During FY21/22,
staff secured over $29,000 worth of donated food and items from community partners to
support its programming. The Senior Center also holds a quarterly drive to collect items and
allow the seniors to give back to the NRH community. This year items were collected for a
local women’s shelter, a local food pantry, the NRH Animal Shelter and water for the Fire
Department.

 The Grand Hall has experienced a resounding bounce back year in FY21/22. This year the
Grand Hall will serve over 28,000 guests on approximately 250 events. The Grand Hall
continues to fully recover its costs and will generate approximately $475,000 in revenue, the
second highest revenue total in its 10-year existence.

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