They just killed the Libraries (Hickory, Cornelius: appointed, neighborhoods, purchases)

[flyingscotsman]

Morrison Regional
Independence regional
Scaleybark
Sugar creek
carmel
checkit outlet
mint hill
Beatties ford
belmont
Cornelius
Hickory grove
Myers Park

That's the list of libraries being closed

[smclarke4]

Wow - i am really disappointed.

[Brooklyn_QueenBee]

There should've been some way to keep those libraries open for a couple of hours each week. Some of those libraries are in neighborhoods in which served a population that is already underserved. Libraries are supposed to meet the needs of their communties. What a pity!

[ugaillini]

What a bummer!!!! My 2.5 y.o. son and I spend a lot of time at the Cornelius library. They have the best story times there.

[coastalgirl]

That is a shame! A levy (or whatever you call it here) just passed in November to build a new library here in Steele Creek. I wonder how it will be affected, or if they could pull money from that to help some of the struggling libraries.

[njmdpanc]

but they had to build a $600k sidewalk and all the street car lines!

[CLTKing]

That's bad, I really enjoyed Check it Outlet across from my job. Oh well. Better that than higher taxes.

[chuckles34]

They'll bring them back when things improve. Myers Park and Scaleybark are kind of dumps and Myers Park is really small. Is Morrison Regional the big one by SouthPark? That surprises me.

[chicagomichauds]

This is really a terrible thing

I have to say I'm pretty disappointed in how this is being handled by Mecklenburg.

I am surprised too b/c somewhere I thought I read that regional libraries would not be affected since they service a large area.

[Brooklyn_QueenBee]

Originally Posted by coastalgirl

That is a shame! A levy (or whatever you call it here) just passed in November to build a new library here in Steele Creek. I wonder how it will be affected, or if they could pull money from that to help some of the struggling libraries.

Just read the Steel Creek Blog: The Steele Creek Blog: Another New Library

Mecklenburg County commissioners have just unanimously authorized a $35.6 million bond referendum for land purchases on the November 6th ballot, which includes $1.65 million for land to be purchased for another regional library branch in Steele Creek. A location has not yet been determined. Actual construction costs of the second Steele Creek branch will cost an additional $18 million, for which funding is not addressed.

I hope that this is not going through, this money could be used to save some existing libraries.