Springtime Tallahassee, Inc.

springtime is a civic organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of tallahassee history. the home and meeting place of the springtime board of directors is the david s. walker library built in 1903. david s. walker for whom the library is named was the founder of tallahassee's first library and governor of florida from 1865-1868. the walker library was a functioning library until 1976 and then was placed on the national register of historic places. springtime members raised the funds necessary to restore the building. the library remains open for the public to see monday through friday. the springtime tallahassee volunteer members, of over 400, along with our community partners and sponsors produce one of the largest festivals in the southeast and have been voted one of the top events in the usa and the top 10 events in florida. the festival includes a parade with over 70,000 participants, jubilee in the park featuring many food vendors, along with hand crafted item booth