NAACP protest planned as Clearwater’s budget cuts put little North Greenwood Library in peril

When the North Greenwood Library opened six years ago, it was hailed as a huge help for young people in the predominantly black neighborhood. Twice the size of the old library it replaced, it holds more books and computers.

But Clearwater may not be able to afford it anymore. Because of upcoming budget cuts, the city might close the small library and move part of its collection and its computers across the street to the North Greenwood Recreation and Aquatic Complex.

North Greenwood activists are campaigning to keep the place open. The NAACP and local ministers are staging a march in the neighborhood Friday evening.

“We oppose closing this library,” said Clearwater NAACP president Alma Bridges. “A lot of people here don’t have transportation to get their families down to the Main Library.”

Source: St. Petersburg Times

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