Islanders delved deep into their imaginations Nov. 19, as they were asked to design a new library. Approximately 50 attended the noon meeting at Brickworks, and a slightly smaller crowd attended the evening meeting, making the total attendance around 100. Even children came to provide input.

“Integration of the building itself with the environment is really important, and use of outdoor spaces was particularly noted,” Boyd Pratt, library board member, told the crowd as he highlighted some of the wishes and dreams community members brought up during the Oct. 22 meetings. The need for more meeting space, areas for tweens and teens and young children to learn and be noisy while not disrupting readers and other library patrons, expanding the book collections and computer space were all top pr

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