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Friends group urges council to keep $30 million‑plus South End allocation, says branch has been closed nearly five years
Summary
A Friends of the South End Library leader asked the council to support the capital allocation to move the branch from design to construction after nearly five years of closure caused by refresh, COVID and a 2022 flood.
Yvette Giroux, president of the Friends of the South End Library, told the committee during public testimony that the South End branch has been closed nearly five years and urged councilors to support the capital allocation in the FY26 budget so construction can begin.
“The South End Library branch has been closed for almost 5 years between the refresh that happened in the fall of 2019, then COVID, and then the flood which shut us down in '22,” Giroux said. She told the…
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