Greg writes “My my, those library budgets are sure easy things to cut…”
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the showplace central library that Minneapolis is planning to build is now threatened by cost-conscious city officials. This is a tough challenge for brand-new library director Kit Hadley. Part of the problem is that, though voters approved the new construction, the city council has yet to vote to issue the necessary bonds. The MPL system faces, “A $25 million shortfall in its operating budget over the next 10 years…roughly equal to the entire cost of running the system this year.”
The MPL website has a good information page about the project, including a picture of the half-demolished shell of the previous Central library.
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