LSC-Tomball Community Library opened new learning play space Oct. 15

A young girl plays with magnets at the George and Barbara Bush Family Place grand opening at Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library on Oct. 15. — The Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library opened a new learning play space, the George & Barbara Bush Family Place, on Oct. 15. (Courtesy LSC-Tomball Community Library)

The Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library opened a new learning play space, the George & Barbara Bush Family Place, on Oct. 15. (Courtesy LSC-Tomball Community Library)

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By Kara McIntyre | 1:55 PM Nov 4, 2019 CST | Updated 12:20 PM Nov 5, 2019 CST

A new learning play space inside Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library, the George & Barbara Bush Family Place, opened Oct. 15 at 30555 Hwy. 249, Tomball. The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation awarded the Harris County Public Library system with a donation to create Family Place Libraries—a nationwide program that helps libraries build foundations for early learning—at each of the library system's eight branches. 832-559-4200. www.hcpl.net/branch/lone-star-college-tomball-community-library

By Kara McIntyre

Kara started with Community Impact Newspaper as the summer intern for the south Houston office in June 2018 after graduating with a bachelor's degree in mass communication from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. She became the reporter for north Houston's Tomball/Magnolia edition in September 2018, moving to Alpharetta in January 2020 after a promotion to be the editor of the Alpharetta/Milton edition, which is Community Impact's first market in Georgia.

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