For Immediate Release
Contact: Robin Diener Ralph Nader, founder
202/387-8030
202/431-9254 cell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 28, 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.
DC Public Library has been tracking citizens’ “hopes and dreams” for their libraries, by posting them on its website, along with questions and concerns. The new designs, however, have not reflected all of what residents “hoped” for, and questions about missing features like computer labs, literacy programming, and cafes have gone unanswered.
“The process I’ve experienced has been inadequate and dismissive” said Samuel Jordan, of the Development Advisory Committee (DAC). “We need to improve it -- for Benning, as well as for the next library down the line.”
The Board of Library Trustees will meet at the West End branch library on Wednesday May 28 at 6 pm. Public comment is scheduled for 8 pm.
What: Board of Library Trustees Meeting
When: May 28, 2008
Time: 6 pm; 8 pm - public comment
Where: West End branch library
24th and L Streets, NW
See the results of the BOLT Meeting here