It’s an interesting and exciting time to live in Peachtree City. The city is still young as far as municipalities go, but we now have enough history (67 years) to see a legacy start to take shape in the rearview mirror. You’re seeing the results of that now. On August 6, 2026, the City Council of Peachtree City approved the renaming of Peachtree City Library to the M.T. Allen Memorial Library. The name change went live in the PINES catalog this past weekend. (It was a surprise to us too, but a happy one!) I was fortunate enough to work with M.T. for the first nine years of my employment with the city. She was both a mentor and a friend. No one can deny M.T. deserves this incredible honor, and I’m grateful to be here to witness it. It’s a full-circle moment for me, personally. When M.T. celebrated her twentieth year with the city in 1999, I remember thinking there was no way I’d be here that long. (Ah-hem: In November, I’ll have been here twenty-eight years—the same length as M.T.’s tenure.) The City of Peachtree City began humbly, with just a handful of families choosing to put down roots in this untested “new town” in rural Fayette County. Many of the city’s early services were volunteer-led, including the library. Although the library opened as a room in the old Municipal Building in 1974, it didn’t become a publicly funded city department until 1976. Jennie Pyron was the first librarian (1974-1976). Willard Bryant succeeded Pyron, and it was under Bryant that…
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