Awards & Grants

Giant Food Promotion Benefits Porter Branch - January 5, 2023

Virginia Public Library Directors Association Awards - April 4, 2023

• Executive Assistant Tami Cruz: Outstanding Staff Member
• Rappahannock Writers' Conference: Outstanding Adult Program
• Virginia Deaf Culture Digital Library: Outstanding Website

CRRL Librarian Recognized with 2022 Virginia Library Association Award - September 16, 2022

Library Receives Grant from Rappahannock Area Regional Adult Education - July 26, 2022

IdeaSpace Recognized with Preservation Spark Award - April 6, 2022

CRRL Librarian Recognized by Library Journal - May 10, 2022

Library's IdeaSpace Facility Recognized with Preservation Spark Award - April 6, 2022

Grant to Library will Support Customer Collaboration and Videoconferencing - February 4, 2022

January 2022 Giant Food Promotion Benefits Porter Branch - December 21, 2021

Library Receives Grant to Bring Services to Rural Westmoreland County - November 11, 2021

CRRL is FredParent Family Favorites Winner - July 8, 2021

CRRL Librarian Recognized by Virginia Library Association - June 22, 2021

CRRL Recognized for PPE Production for First Responders - December 23, 2020

CRRL Staff Honored by Virginia Library Association - September 23, 2020

Library Wins Awards in Fredericksburg Parent's Family Favorites - September 22, 2020

Community Foundation Grants to Library will Expand Internet Access - July 21, 2020

Wegmans Grant to Library Supports Summer Reading Program - July 2, 2020

MakerLab Specialist Receives Top Ten of Next Gen Award - December 15, 2019

CRRL Branch Recognized Nationally for Design Excellence - September 12, 2019

Library Awarded for Feeding Community Children - September 12, 2019

Library Awarded Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Grant - September 4, 2019

CRRL Wins Goodwill Community Partner Award - August 16, 2019

CRRL Receives Risk Management Awards - August 14, 2019

Library Wins Tutoring Award in Fredericksburg Parent's Family Favorites - August 1, 2019

CRRL wins Virginia Library Association Awards - July 9, 2019

Library receives grant for downtown ideaspace - June 18, 2019

Librarian receives professional development award - June 18, 2019

Library and staff receive VPLDA awards for enthusiastic spirit, dedication, and partnership - April 15, 2019

Library receives NEA Big Read grant for community read of Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War novel "The Things They Carried" - February 6, 2019

Fredericksburg Parent and Family Magazine Family Favorite: Best Tutoring Service & Best Indoor Activity

Inside NOVA Best of Stafford 2018: Best library, Porter Branch

Library Director Receives the Patricia Lacey Metzger Distinguished Achievement Award - November 2018

Virginia Library Association honors CRRL’s Margaret Beattie and Jessie Farrow- October 6, 2018

Library awarded American Library Association's Great Stories Club Grant for 3rd year - September 6, 2018

Music on the Steps receives Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority's JumpStart! Grant- July 3, 2018

Fredericksburg Parent and Family Magazine Family Favorite: Best Tutoring Service

Library Director Receives Chamber's Wideman Award - December 28, 2017

CRRL Named 4-Star Library 4th Year In A Row - December 15, 2017

Pop-up library initiative awarded Community Foundation grant - December 6, 2017

CRRL Tops the List for Homework Help Again - August 28, 2017

CRRL receives Better Together Award  - April 6, 2017

CRRL Awarded Great Stories Club Grant for At-Risk Youth  - March 16, 2017

Assistant Director Wins Public Library Innovator Award - December 13, 2016

CRRL Named 4-Star Library for 3rd Year in a Row - November 7, 2016

CRRL’s Nancy Moore Receives Historic Preservation Award  - March 28, 2016

CRRL's Adult Services Coordinator Receives Chamber's NextGen Award - January 19, 2016

CRRL Named 4-Star Library for 2nd Year in National Ranking - November 2, 2015

Library Wins Chamber’s Community Impact Award - February 9, 2015