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Library commissioners and residents urge council to keep downtown library intact amid children's museum proposal
Summary
Library commissioners and patrons told council the proposed plan for the Beaumont Children's Museum to lease most of the downtown library building would leave the library with limited space, could require a charter amendment and risk interrupting current programs; speakers urged consideration of alternate sites.
Several library commissioners and residents told City Council they are concerned about a proposal for the Beaumont Children’s Museum to lease most of the downtown public library building and urged the city to seek alternate downtown locations.
Kate Hambright, a Beaumont Library Commission appointee and president of the Terrell Historical Library Association, said the downtown building at "Downtown Main" (the identifier used by speakers) is a roughly 30,000‑square‑foot facility and that the…
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