Residents want libraries to stay open
J.D. Sumner
A group of concerned citizens called on members of the Library Board Thursday to cease efforts to close two Dougherty County facilities and come to the table to find ways to save the two doomed libraries.
Without an 11th-hour reprieve, Southside Library at 2114 Habersham Road and Westtown Library at 2124 Waddell Ave., are set to be closed Sunday. Members of the Library Board voted to shutter the facilities in an effort to cut costs.
The group, which assembled in front of the government center Thursday afternoon, challenged board members to find ways to save the two locations.
The Rev. Eddie Bankston, head of the group known as People, Clergy, Community Involvement (PCCI), said that officials are already in the process of moving books and equipment from the libraries
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