The Livingston Parish Library has been nominated in Baton Rouge Parents Magazine’s 2025 Family Favorites Awards competition.
This annual celebration highlights the best of the best in Baton Rouge, from family-friendly restaurants and local schools to pediatricians, summer camps, libraries, and more. All nominations are submitted by Baton Rouge Parents Magazine readers.
This year, the Livingston Parish Library is nominated in the following category:
Favorite Library Branch – Denham Springs-Walker Branch
Those wishing to vote for the Livingston Parish Library can do so by visiting the following link: http://bit.ly/40vpt9A. Voters can submit a vote once a day through Friday, August 15.
This is the third straight year the Livingston Parish Library was nominated in the annual regional voting competition, which drew more than 110,000 votes last year. The Denham Springs-Walker Branch finished as a runner-up in each of the last two years in the same category.
The Denham Springs-Walker Branch officially opened in 2006, making it the first of five state-of-the-art branches built in the system from 2006-12.
The branch covers nearly 30,000 square feet and includes a computer lab, an Idea Lab, study rooms, resting and reading areas, two meeting rooms, virtual reality, 3D printing and scanning, courtyards, two large parking lots, a gaming area, a children’s area, and more. It also boasts the Livingston Parish Library system’s largest physical collection.
Also, the Denham Springs-Walker Branch serves as the site for the Library’s annual Comic Con event, Livingston Parish’s largest celebration of comic books, movies, television, and pop culture.