Paul Paladino Email and Phone Number

In 1991, Paul Paladino became Director of the Montrose Regional Library District, and within two years, the Montrose Library was named Colorado Library of the Year.  He headed six successful elections to increase funding for the District, including one in 1996 to build a $6.1 million library in Montrose.  In 2006, he focused on improving library services in Naturita, in rural western Montrose County, and led construction of America’s largest straw bale library, which won the 2010 Colorado Library Project of the Year, and was named the Best Small Library in America by Library Journal.  Paul is a past president of the Colorado Association of Libraries and has served on numerous CAL and State Library committees.