Awards & Grants
2023
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
2022
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
2021
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
2020
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
2019
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
2020
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
2017
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
2016
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
2015
CRRL Named 4-Star Library for 2nd Year in National Ranking - November 2, 2015
Library Wins Chamber’s Community Impact Award - February 9, 2015
