A message from the Providence Community Library Friends Groups to the Providence Public Library, “Turn the people’s buildings over to the city now!”
The Providence Community Library (PCL) Friends Groups will rally to call the public’s attention to the Providence Public Library’s blatant refusal to transfer the nine neighborhood library branches over to the City of Providence — despite the Providence Public Library’s pledge to do so two years ago when PCL stepped in to rescue those libraries from closure.
The City’s two-year lease with Providence Public Library expires on July 1. The City has sued Providence Public Library over its failure to properly maintain the buildings and to negotiate the transfer of the buildings in “good faith.”
Without Providence Public Library agreeing to finally transfer the buildings as promised, PCL can’t secure the grants necessary to support much-needed repairs to the branches — and the future of the community libraries may be in jeopardy. Rally in front of PPL tomorrow (Thursday) at 5pm to support PCL and demand that PPL turn the buildings over to the people!
5pm, Thursday, May 12, Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street