Statement
before the Glenn
A. Walsh
Council of
The City of
Carnegie Library’s Electronic Mail: < gaw@andrewcarnegie.cc
>
Allegheny
Regional Internet
Site: < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc
>
Branch Library 2007 December 12
Good morning. I am Glenn A.
Walsh of
Attention people concerned
with the future of public libraries!
Attention people concerned about the loss of
A very important City Council
public hearing will be held on Tuesday Evening, December 18 to discuss the
future of public library service on the North Side. Will North Side residents
continue to enjoy library service in the large and historic Allegheny Regional
Library building, built nearly 118 years ago by Andrew Carnegie for the
neighborhood where he grew-up, or will the North Side be consigned to a small,
downsized library branch three blocks away? December 18 is when the citizens will
have their say on this issue vital to the future of the North Side!
The public hearing will be
held in the New Hazlett Theater in the world’s first Carnegie Hall, which
adjoins the Allegheny Regional Library. The hearing begins at 5:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Every citizen is entitled to speak for up to three
minutes, to tell City Council members what you think about library service on
the North Side.
Most of the North Side has
been without library service since the unfortunate accident, a lightning
strike, which closed the Allegheny Regional Library in April of 2006. Although
the building was repaired as of May of 2007, Carnegie Library has refused to
reopen the Library, due to their announced plans to build a smaller library
three blocks away. And, the groundbreaking for this new building, which was
originally scheduled for early Autumn of 2007, has
been postponed as money still has not been raised to build the new building.
Who knows when this supposed new library would even open!
All citizens, and
particularly North Side residents, are urged to attend, and pre-register to
speak, at this public hearing. Pre-registration to speak at the public hearing
is requested and can be accomplished by calling the City Clerk’s Office at
412-255-2138; again, to pre-register for the public hearing, the telephone
number is 412-255-2138.
Again, this public hearing
will be Tuesday Evening, December 18, 2007 beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the New
Hazlett Theater, which adjoins the Allegheny Regional Library at
You can learn more about the
Allegheny Regional Library and the public hearing at the new web site:
< www.alleghenylibrary.org >,
again the Internet address is:
gaw