The CMC began an annual fundraising dinner program in 1999 called SpringBoard. Guests pay from $10 to $20 for a dinner cooked by volunteers and speakers have includedDiane Roberts,Nadine Smith andAnn Wright.[5] The CMC moved location again in 2009, to 433 South Main Street in Gainesville.[6] It then became the repository forStetson Kennedy's personal library, which contained around 2,000 books and publications collected over his career as a folklore archivist and activist.[6][7] It took several years to catalog the collection.[8]
As well as being a library, the CMC developed into a community resource as a meeting space, music venue and arts center.[9] It hosts film screenings, talks and meetings.[10] It also has azine collection.[11]
^abDodge, Chris (1998). "Taking Libraries to the Street: Infoshops & Alternative Reading Rooms".American Libraries.29 (5):62–64.ISSN0002-9769.JSTOR25634969.
^Smith, Chad. "CMC co-founder Charles Willett dies at 80."Gainesville Sun. February 14, 2012.
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