The Sumner Pierce County Library, located just off the Puyallup River, is a great place to curl up with a good book or to get work done. Many community events happen at the library, and the meeting and study rooms are available for reservation. The library also has online access to extensive databases or e-source that's perfect for research, including LexisNexis Statistical Datasets and magazine archives.
This is an excellent place to start if you're job hunting -- the Job and Buisness Center has a network of dedicated computers and literature on local resources available to peruse during your visit. The library also hosts a number of job seminars and adult computer classes that can help build necessary skills to become a stronger job candidate. The Sumner Pierce County Library also is an official standardized test proctor.
Leland and Steven Meitzler from Orting, Wash. sold their private collection of genealogy books and records in 1982, which became the basis of the Heritage Quest Research Library in Sumner. The library became a nonprofit organization in 1996 and is run completely by volunteers as an independent research facility. Volunteers can teach Saturday classes and share their knowledge or work a shift as a librarian. The library also participates in quarterly and annual heritage events throughout the Pacific Northwest. There are magazines and other heritage research items available for purchase; the library staff can also research heritage or genealogy questions for customers and will respond within two weeks with as much information as they can find.