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Library board endorses west‑side storefront concept, seeks needs assessment
Summary
Farmers Branch Library Board discussed a plan to open a smaller west‑side storefront branch focused on digital access, meeting space and targeted services, and recommended a community needs assessment and focus groups before committing funds or selecting a site.
Farmers Branch — The Library Board discussed a long‑range “Library 2045” vision and coalesced around a proposal to create a west‑side storefront branch that would provide local access to digital services, limited curated collections, book pickup and meeting space for tutoring and small‑business programming.
Board members said the storefront model could deliver more programming and services per dollar than single-purpose investments such as equipment vending machines or bookdrops. “...and that would be to create a storefront branch of the library on the west side,” one…
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