I’ve brought my child to the library since she was born, and when I started my own business I couldn’t afford a separate office space, so the library was the place I could go to work without distractions away from home without having to buy something. I’ve made many friends from “my” table by the window. If you spend a day there, it’s clear that the space is bursting at the seams. We deserve better.

I’ve heard an argument that we don’t need more community space when the community center is in the future. Well, if we “need” two Hannafords within a mile of each other, and a Costco a stone’s throw away from Sam’s Club, why not multiple locations that enrich our community? You can’t say you support the library, that you love it, and not help it grow. If a community is not growing, it is stagnating.

Kate Kearns
Scarborough