Fraser-Hickson Library closing for good
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 | 9:26 AM ET
CBC News
Despite protests from local residents, the Fraser-Hickson Library in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is officially closing Wednesday because of funding problems.
Library officials said they want to put the Kensington Avenue building up for sale and possibly relocate to a smaller facility.
There's hope the closure will spur prospective supporters to come forward, said the library board's vice-president, Nicholas Hoare.
"We are freezing, and when we thaw, we may have a few tricks up our sleeves," he told CBC.
"We do have a very viable and exciting set of proposals and a number of levels. Do we develop the property and stay there as a library? Do we move to sympathetic admirers in the neighbourhood? Do we sell out to an entrepreneur? [We have] all sorts of options," he said Tuesday.
Library members such as Eva Bear were sentimental about the closure.
"I've been here for a long, long time," said the NDG resident, who has used the library for half a century. "It's like a little bit of a funeral. it's pretty sad."
The NDG-Côte-des-Neiges borough has pledged to come up with an alternative plan for library services in the region by June 2007, said borough Mayor Michael Applebaum.
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