1975: Library moves into MAGS building (on former Church site)

By 1975, the library was again on the move, ironically to the site that uprooted its former headquarters  ­­– the multi-storied mall, later known as the MAGS (Michigan Association of Gift Salesmen) building and now Northville Square.

Hired in Northville in 1975 as a Community Services Librarian through a CETA (Comprehensive Education and Training Act) grant, Mannisto recalled the move to MAGS was a community effort, with residents turning out in force to push book carts from city hall across the street to the new mall location.

The move was temporary as township, city and school officials directed a Citizens’ Blue Ribbon Committee of 48 members to review a facility study and consider construction of a new library building on West Cady Street (on the site now occupied by the Northville District Library). The construction of a new facility was dependent on approval of federal grant monies from the Economic Development Administration.