Jenny Emery-Davidson – A Truly Independent Library – Episode 009
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Podcast – For Small Nonprofits
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Today’s guest is Jenny Emery-Davidson, the Executive Director of the Community Library of Ketchum, Idaho. 17 women with 17 dollars started a library in the 1950s in Ketchum, Idaho. To this day, the community library is funded privately and receives no dedicated tax dollars. It also runs the Gold Mine Thrift Shop and the Sun Valley Museum of History. […]
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