It's Time to Move Forward on a New Library

Dear Editor,
The time has come for the village of New Glarus to build a new library. For 15 years, this subject has been analyzed, critiqued and debated. After researching dozens of possible sites, it finally looked like a plan was in place to build near the Swiss Center property. Some residents and business owners preferred a downtown site, so an advisory referendum was held, and the downtown Glarner Park was approved, by the voters, with plans for the village to move the baseball diamond to a new site.
The village board needs to unanimously get behind this project to support a new library building project and to designate and build a necessary new ball diamond. Building a library should be a positive, unifying project for a community. A library is a community asset that is used by all ages and will only make New Glarus an even better place to live.
The last leg of the capital campaign will soon get underway. Let’s all work together to make this happen. It’s time to move forward.
Mary Usher,
New Glarus