Government offices across Tallahassee, Leon County, Bainbridge and Thomasville will close on Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day, and several trash routes will move back by a day. For residents trying to figure out whether services are open, the answer depends on which office or facility they use.
City of Tallahassee administrative offices will be closed, and Leon County government offices will shut down as well. Leon County libraries, community centers, Animal Control and the county's Solid Waste Management Facility, Household Hazardous Waste Center and Rural Waste Service Centers will also be closed. The county's parks and recreation facilities, including parks, greenways, campgrounds and boat landings, will remain open.
The holiday search for Are schools closed on Veterans Day matters because the closures start before Wednesday. All LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library branches close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and The Main Library closes at 9 p.m. that night. The Solid Waste Management Facility closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday, then reopens for normal hours on Thursday, Nov. 12, when libraries also resume normal operating hours.
That is where the week gets uneven. Leon County garbage collection will be pushed back one day for the rest of the week: Wednesday customers will be collected on Thursday, Thursday customers on Friday, and Friday customers on Saturday, Nov. 14. In City of Bainbridge, non-emergency offices will close on Wednesday and residential trash will also shift a day, with Wednesday routes picked up Thursday and Thursday routes picked up Friday.
City of Thomasville administrative offices will close on Wednesday, but garbage collection there stays on schedule. City of Thomasville and Thomas County residential and commercial refuse customers who normally have Wednesday collection should place containers curbside by 7 a.m. The City's Utilities Response Center will keep operating around the clock, and Country Oaks Golf Course will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Veterans Day.
So the short answer is no, not everything closes. School calendars are not included in the holiday office notices, while local governments are treating Veterans Day as a mix of full shutdowns, partial service and delayed pickup. For residents, the practical rule is simple: office buildings go dark, some essential services keep running, and trash customers should check their day again before putting anything at the curb.
