The Toledo Lucas County Public Library board of trustees decided Thursday to proceed with the closure of its Toledo Heights Branch library.

The library, at 423 Shasta Dr. in South Toledo, will close on Jan. 2, said Stephanie Elton, communications strategist for Toledo Lucas County Public Library. It will merge with the Heatherdowns Branch at 3265 Glanzman Rd.

The Heatherdowns location will remain open while the library works to obtain land for a new consolidated branch that officials hope to open in 2028, she said.

“Toledo Heights has been a branch that has been a topic of discussion with trustees and prior directors and prior administrations for decades because it’s a branch that is well loved by a small number of folks but does not see the kind of traffic and business that most of o

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