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SaveTheVeniceLibrary

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Judy Munoz
10 years ago

please figure things out a little more before closing

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Stephanie Miles
10 years ago

If a new structure is ultimately needed, it's crucial that it remain a part of the "cultural campus", the heart of the island. The library, along with the beaches, schools, parks, bike/walk-ability, theater, and fine arts center, is the draw for so many of our island residents!

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Kathryn dierstein
10 years ago

The library is the heart of the community. Please leave it open until a new place can be found.

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Salvatore Gallicchio
10 years ago

Do not establish a temporary library off the island. Build the new permanent library next to the community center and on its parking lot. Use the old libary space for parking.

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Angela Gallicchio
10 years ago

If the County closes this Library, recommend a temporary Library on the Island until a new one is built

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Craig Marion
10 years ago

The Venice library has been described as the heart of Venice. Vacationers come here to be able to use it. Closing it before having arranged an interim site will be painful and disappointing to many -- at the peak of the tourist season! Please reconsider and keep the library open until a temporary location can been arranged.

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Patricia and Henry Kinghorn
10 years ago

Please postpone the closing until a a suitable place to lease on the island is found!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Patricia and Henry Kinghorn
10 years ago

Please postpone the closing until a a suitable place to lease on the island is found!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bennett Zamoff
10 years ago

The library is a vital part of life for so many. Please find a suitable location in Venice to rebuild a new library before closing this one.

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Robin ONeill
10 years ago

I have many memories of spending many afternoons at the library after school. My son spent time there reading and spent time with friends.

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Julia Fallon
10 years ago

Too fast to reach conclusions. How do Venice, Italy, Amsterdam manage to withstand hundreds of years living on water? They don't tear down and build anew. This library may have been started 50 years ago, but the current building is much newer.when?

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Patricia Barron
10 years ago

Please postpone the closing until a satisfactory building to lease is found. The 2017 county budget should include funding to build a new library in Venice.

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Tom Booth
10 years ago

An important part of the community that should continue in operation

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Mary Jane Ayers
10 years ago

Please keep the Venice Library open until an acceptable temporary venue can be found. Libraries are essential to our neighborhoods.

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Lourdes Ramirez
10 years ago Featured

The old Gulf Gate library was in bad shape for years and it also had a moldy odor. It took years for the county to plan a new library and they kept the old one open in the meantime. Something about the quick Venice library closing does not makes sense.

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William Gaza
10 years ago

Venice needs the library

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Dorothy Zech
10 years ago

My family and I have used this library for over15 years.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

like the library very much

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Anonymous
10 years ago

use it all the time.. It has fantastic programs.. Should stay on the island.

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Patrick Nordquist
10 years ago

I'm sickened by the thought of losing this library. Since retiring, It has become one of the center pieces of my day-to-day living. I live on Venice Island and enjoy my bike ride to and from the library. I can't imagine it closing. Respectfully, Patrick A. Nordquist 1125 Pine Rd Venice, Florida