Calendar of Events

Business Development Board of Martin County
The following are the purposes for which this Corporation has been organized:
•    To promote the economic and business welfare in Martin County and the sites therein by increasing employment opportunities.
•    To solicit support and aid of the general public in this work.
•    To promote and conduct economic programs designed to retain existing businesses and to strengthen and expand the income potential of businesses within Martin County in accordance with the Economic Element of the Martin County Comprehensive Plan.
•    To engage in activities seeking to bring qualified businesses and industry into Martin County.
•    To develop and carry out activities for the purposes of raising the money to meet the expenses and establish funds and otherwise create and support the purposes of the Corporation and to manage, invest, and disburse such monies in accordance with the non-profit purposes of the Corporation.
•    The Corporation shall have such corporate powers as are granted in Chapter 617 of the Florida Statutes and all amendments subsequent thereto, together with such other additional powers as shall be reasonably co-existent and appropriate and necessary for the full use and proper management of the Corporation of any of its purposes; provided, however, that this Corporation in exercising any one or more of its powers, shall do so in furtherance of the exempt purposes for which it has been organized, and as described in the Internal Revenue Code, and provisions herein, which conflict with those purposes and would render the Corporation non-exempt, shall be treated as void and of no effect.

Stumped by your device? The Library offers 30-minute technology appointments to help you with tech-related questions you might have in a one-on-one environment.

Please have a specific tech-related question, or a learning objective you'd like to accomplish. For more info, visit https://www.martin.fl.us/idea-lab-one-one-tech-help.

Martin County's children's librarians love to read, but they also love to sing and dance.

According to Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library, singing, talking, and playing are also important for developing early literacy skills. Join us at story time, and see how much fun learning can be! This event is sponsored by The Library Foundation of Martin County, Inc. 

Through the use of hands-on activities (puppets and storyboard), children will visit a tropical rainforest.

Participants will learn about the wonders of these vanishing habitats and familiarize themselves with the “Jungle in the Pantry” (i.e., common household products that originate from rainforests) and a meet and greet with a member of our animal teaching team. This event is sponsored by The Library Foundation of Martin County, Inc.

Stumped by your device? The Library offers 30-minute technology appointments to help you with tech-related questions you might have in a one-on-one environment.

Please have a specific tech-related question, or a learning objective you'd like to accomplish. For more info, visit https://www.martin.fl.us/idea-lab-one-one-tech-help.

Have questions about using your device? Join us for an informal, drop-in Q&A session and get your questions answered. No registration is required.

Construction Industry Licensing Board
Pursuant to a request by the Board of County Commissioners, to make its special knowledge and expertise available to any official, department, board, or agency. Examination of contractor's license holders and applicants. Licensing of contractors. Review of violations of chapter by license holders. The Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB) shall be the Adjustment and Appeals Board pursuant to Sections 21.20 and 21.21, General Ordinances, Martin County Code. The CILB shall be the Local Construction Regulation Board (Section 489.113(4) FS).

Graphic Novels are Life! Telling Your Own Story in a Graphic Novel with Dan Santat (5th-8th Grade)

Join us for live author talks each month featuring a one-hour interview with a bestselling author and a professional moderator. Questions are a mixture of those prepared by the moderator and those submitted by participants during the event.

This virtual event will be available for replay from our website.

Register for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/martinlibrary

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Martin County Library System, Inc.

Join this year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Dan Santat, as he inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels. His winning book, A First Time for Everything, is a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.

Dan Santat began drawing as a young boy and although he first studied microbiology, he pursued his passion in illustration. He spent many hours as a child and teenager teaching himself to draw by copying illustrations from comic books until he developed the unique, recognizable style that we see today. His talk will inspire listeners to draw their own story as well as give them practical tips on the creation of graphic novels.

About the Author

Dan Santat is a Caldecott Medal winner, a National Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. His artwork is also featured in numerous picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels. Santat created the animated television show, "The Replacements," as well. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two children.

The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Martin County Library System.