Upcoming Programs: Find out what programs are scheduled for the future.
GOcard, the new library card just for kids
Hey Kids . . . Get Ready, Get Set, GO! @ the Arlington Public Library!
There’s a lot happening at the Arlington Public Library. We want ALL elementary age children attending school in the City of Arlington to have their very own GOcard, the new library card just for children ages 4 to 12.
If you don't have a GOcard yet, click here to learn how you can get your very own.
GOcard Report Card - Click here to see the GOcard AISD report card as of December 31, 2008 and see how your school is doing compared to others. We want 100% participation for all AISD schools.
Check out
the new GOcard Discount Zone. Save money by showing your GOcard at
local participating businesses. Each month select businesses are
offering a discount at their location, all you have to do is show your
GOcard at the time you are paying your bill.
Click here to see participating
businesses and the savings they are offering.
In
collaboration with
Humanities Texas and the
Dallas Museum of Art, the Arlington Public Library will be
hosting through the month of February the traveling exhibit
Black Art – Ancestral Legacy. This
exhibit consists of over 50 works of art, each of which serves
to demonstrate the presence of the african "impulse" ” in many aspects of African-American culture. This
exhibit suitable for all ages will be on display at the George
W. Hawkes Central Library beginning February 2nd through
February 28.
Let's Enhance Arlington's Forest is a new urban forestry initiative designed to bring quality free trees to neighborhoods, businesses and public open spaces in Arlington. The idea of the program is designed around the principle of "reinvigorating neighborhoods".
To learn more about this program click here.
Join
the City of Arlington and help clean up our air! The City of
Arlington is taking proactive steps to ensure the quality of our
air, and the environment. What about you? Educate yourself and
learn to make the smart choices that will help improve our air
quality today, tomorrow and in the future. Visit
arlingtoncleanair.com - This site
provides you with air quality information, proven solutions and
helpful resources to build your Clean Air IQ and help us all
breath a little easier.
Citizen Notification Service is a free new service available from the City of Arlington. Register online at www.ci.arlingtoncns.com and receive automatic notifications and updates of important Library and other City information straight to your cell phone or email!
Become
a Code Ranger
Join our team of Code Rangers to help
reinvigorate neighborhoods. For more information see the link below,
or contact Michael Thomas at 817-459-5986.
English brochure (pdf)
En Espanol (pdf)
Vietnamese brochure (pdf)
Code Ranger Participants Map (pdf)
CPaRlington
The
City of Arlington has been chosen as the premier city for this
new program which aims to improve cardiac arrest survival by
teaching 10% of the city’s population how to perform CPR. This
city initiative, CPaRlington, utilizes a self-directed training
method for teaching and learning the lifesaving skills of CPR.
Visit
the Arlington Fire Department's web site for more program
details. Did you know that there are AED units
location is several city facilities, including the Central
Library? Click below to learn more about AEDs.
The
City of Arlington Neighborhood Services Department in partnership with
the City of Arlington Public Libraries conducts a recycling program for
apartment residents of Arlington. Apartment residents may drop off
recycling material at any public library.
The
Minizimer, Arlington's Recycling Crusader has his own web site just for
kids.
Support the Arlington Public Library when you pay your water bill! You'll be investing in Arlington's future through the Partnerships for Arlington program.