Despite a community-led petition with 1,700 signatures, the city of Dallas continues its plans to shut down the Skillman Branch Library as part of proposed cuts to the city budget.
The Skillman Southwestern Branch Library in Northeast Dallas is still on the chopping block after a brief discussion by the Dallas Quality of Life Committee.A petition to save the library branch has more than 1,700 signatures.But despite the community-led petition to try to save the Skillman Library, there was no discussion of any alternatives to closure at Monday's Quality of Life Committee meeting.
Dallas City Councilwoman Paula Blackmon suggested perhaps a city rec center could fill in the gap. "Maybe we can still get a service to people without calling it a library. We cannot have a siloed building for each activity," she said. "I know that people are not happy. But I completely understand that we’re in a budget season, we have a big pension bill do, and so we’re gonna have to do things differently as a city.
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