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Cashin Drive has the latest Little Free Library, thanks to the residents at Moundsview Estates.
Residents Jack Cragoe and Gregg Gropel spent an hour Thursday afternoon, Aug. 15, mounting the gray-and-white house-shaped library along North Highway 75.
The Little Free Library is placed near the entrance of the Cashin Drive cul-de-sac along the North Highway 75 sidewalk.
The library is representative of Moundsview Estate residents, according to association president Jane Lanphere.
“Everyone in the association supports education and likes to read,” she said.
Avid woodworker and retired farmer Cragoe stepped forward after the association’s annual meeting July 1 to construct the 12-by-22-inch wooden structure. Retired educator Greg Gropel helped Cragoe place the mounting post in the ground and secure the library on top.
Materials for the library’s construction were repurposed.
“Most of the wood I reused from other projects,” Cragoe said, including the shingles.
Little Free Library is a national nonprofit organization that inspires a love of reading, builds community, and sparks creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges, according to its website.
Anyone may take a book from inside a Little Library or leave a book to share.
The Cashin Drive Little Free Library becomes the fifth site to be registered in Luverne. Other locations include North Donaldson Street, the City Park, North Blue Mound Avenue and Blue Mounds State Park.