Library Renaissance Press Releases
Archive of the LRP press releases.
- BZA Delays Decision On Washington Highlands Library
September 2, 2009 -- Members of the Ward Eight community had the ear of the Board of Zoning Adjustment for five hours yesterday concerning a controversial design for a replacement branch library at Washington Highlands.
- Fine Arts Commission Asks Library for Further Revisions to Mount Pleasant Library Expansion
July 20, 2009 -- At the Thursday July 16 meeting of the US Commission on Fine Arts, members continued to have reservations about the revised design by DC Public Library (DCPL) for the expansion of the Mount Pleasant Library on 16th Street, NW.
- Community Rejects New Ward 8 Library Design
July 1, 2009 -- DC Public Library officials faced near unanimous opposition last night from Ward 8 community leaders and residents who objected to the design for a new library to replace the existing Washington Highlands branch.
- Advocates Look to Crime Bill to Keep Libraries Open This Summer
June 15, 2009 -- Library advocates are asking the DC Council for an immediate infusion of $600,000 as part of emergency crime omnibus legislation, to allow DC Public library to restore full operating hours during the upcoming crime-heavy summer months.
- After Foot Dragging by Deputy Mayor Fails to Produce Deal; Cheh Again Drops Support for Public Private Partnership
March 13, 2009 -- Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward3) today withdrew her support for the long delayed public private partnership involving a library, school, and housing across from the Tenley metro stop, after learning that representatives from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and project developer LCOR would not be attending a public roundtable on the matter.
- Chairman Gray Looks to Prevent Cut in Library Hours, Will Inquire about $2M Promised in July
February 13, 2009 -- At a DC Council hearing on the District’s use of federal stimulus funds, Chairman Vincent Gray appeared puzzled to learn that the DC Public Library had not received $2 million promised by Mayor Adrian Fenty to avoid cuts in library hours in FY2009.
- DC Public Library Decides to Reduce Hours
February 11, 2009 -- Beginning March 2, the DC Public Library will operate with reduced service hours to accommodate the city’s lower-than-expected revenue projections.
- Tenley Community Presses Cheh to Build Library Now
February 10, 2009 -- Deputy Mayor Revised Proposal Adds 2-year Delay
- Public to Meet Renowned Library Architect David Adjaye
December 12, 2008 -- DC Public Library will host a public event for members of the community to meet with world famous architect David Adjaye.
- Groundbreaking at last for New Benning Library in NE
December 1, 2008 -- More than four years in the making, the new Benning Library is scheduled to be rebuilt by 2010 along with three other neighborhood libraries, closed since 2004.
- DC Public Library Moves Forward with Tenley-Friendship Library Construction
November 20, 2008 -- DCPL statement on the news that the Tenley library project will move forward. It mentions the Library Renaissance Project Press release.
- Library Board Ignores Mayor on Tenley Library, Directs Chief Librarian to Proceed with Construction
November 19, 2008 -- President of the Board of Library Trustees John Hill revealed that his board has instructed Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper to proceed with construction documents for a standalone library at Tenley.
- Community to Chief Librarian: Stop Ignoring Us
September 3, 2008 -- The DC Library Renaissance Project delivered a letter to Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper detailing the ways the DC Public Library has ignored general and specific requests from the community regarding plans for the new Watha T. Daniel neighborhood library in Shaw.
- Shaw Group to Hold Speak-Out About Reduced Plans for Long-Awaited New Library
August 15, 2008 -- Shaw Library Study Group to hold a speakout and read-in about the new Shaw library designs and programming plans.
- Fenty Announces Funding to Keep Libraries Open Seven Days a Week
August 4, 2008 -- Mayor Fenty assured DC residents that they can continue to access all of DC Public Library’s resources seven days a week next year.
- Readers Rally at Demolished Library in NE
June 28, 2008 -- Review of the Benning Library Read-In and Rally held on June 28 at the old Benning Library.
- Complaints about Process in Benning Prompt Library Trustees To Offer Apology, Open Door for New Options
May 29, 2008 -- “You treat us like audiences, not partners,” said Samuel Jordan, of Ward 7, and the Development Advisory Committee. Jordan cited the closed processes whereby Trustees rejected a development proposal, that many in the community favored exploring because it offered a larger library in a planned town center adjacent to the current library location.
- Library Trustees to Hear from Community about Dissatisfaction with New Designs, Inadequate Process
May 27, 2008 -- Residents from neighborhoods across DC will appeal directly to the Board of Library Trustees tonight for answers to questions about design, cost, location, and community participation in planning new libraries for Anacostia, Benning, and Watha T Daniel /Shaw, closed since 2004.
- Council Receives Citywide Requests to Rescind West End Emergency land disposition
September 17, 2007 -- Community activists deliver copies of petitions and letters calling for the rescission of the West End emergency resolution.
- Rescinding of West End Emergency Resolution Possible
September 12, 2007 -- In a meeting with Robert Miller, Legislative Counsel in Chairman Vincent Gray's, office community advocates learned that rescission could be introduced if the emergency resolution had not yet been implemented.
- Public Outrage Mounts Over West End Giveaway
July 13, 2007 -- Ralph Nader will join Empower DC and other community activists at a rally to protest the DC City Council’s enactment of “emergency” legislation on Tuesday authorizing the sale of the West End Library and other public property to developer Anthony Lanier of Eastbanc, Inc.
- Benning Residents File to Block Demolition of Library
June 28, 2007 -- A group of residents of the Benning community have filed a request for a Temporary Restraining Order to prevent the demolition of their neighborhood library.
- D.C. Library to Redesign Four Neighborhood Libraries
October 24, 2005 -- The District of Columbia Public Library Board of Library Trustees voted to accept the recommendation of the District’s Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) that the city terminate the design/build contracts with Hess Construction Company.
- COUNCILMEMBER CHEH CANCELS TENLEY/JANNEY roundtable AND reaffirms OPPOSITION TO LCOR PROPOSAL
December 31, 1969 -- Councilmembers Mary M. Cheh and Kwame Brown sent a letter to Mayor Adrian Fenty indicating their opposition to the LCOR public private partnership for the Tenley/Janney site and their desire for construction of the library to begin immediately.
- Mayor Fenty Breaks Ground on Tenley Library
September 23, 2009 -- Mayor Adrian Fenty broke ground today, for a new branch library in Tenleytown, where residents have been without a full-service library since the Tenley-Friendship Library was closed on December 31, 2004, almost five years ago.
- Concerns Grow About Mt Pleasant Library Accessibility Issues
November 23, 2009 -- ANC-1C has asked Councilmember Jim Graham to help expedite a response to the ANC letter asking DCPL about remaining concerns with the Mount Pleasant library project.
- Seniors, Disabled Say They are Unlikely to Use New Mt. Pleasant Library
July 29, 2010 -- Residents of Samuel Kelsey Apartments expressed dismay when a paper “ramp” was rolled out in their parking lot on Tuesday to simulate what it would be like to use a 120 foot long and 7 foot high ramp, planned as part of a new main entrance to the Mt. Pleasant Library two blocks from their home.
- Proposed Mt. Pleasant Library Ramp Still Not Compliant
August 20, 2010 -- An expert review of newly revised plans for the expansion of the Mt. Pleasant Library has determined that the building's proposed accessibility route remains out of compliance with ADA standards.
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