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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: How can someone create a public library?
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If you are serious about trying to get a library going, contacting the county sounds like a good place to start. Write up a proposal—the more specific, the better. Tell them exactly what you'd like to do (the building you want to use, how much it would cost, utilities estimates, insurance, volunteers or employee wages, where the books are coming from, who is going to run this library, etc.) and lay out clearly what you want from them (start-up costs, an estimate of ongoing yearly budget allowance, a link or page on the county website, whatever). If you can do research first, maybe contact one county board member and get an idea of what they might be looking for, that would be good.