My feet hurt.
John Wood: "World change starts with educated children." 5,100 new libraries in developing countries in less than 8 years -- see what thinking big can do?
Idea for library space allocation from Hennepin: 30% kids, 30% teens, 40% adults
"New Americans" center at Main
Change the name of "Main" to "Central" or something else
San Diego has palm trees and a surf board at their recruiting center -- like they need to rub it in that they have better weather than Columbus? We're more substance than flash...
from ULC's Making Cities Stronger session
Libraries must build human and social capital in these four areas:
- Improving early literacy and school readiness (Young Minds!!)
- Building workforce participation (computer classes, ESOL)
- Small business support (resources to support this key piece in a strong economy)
- Power of place (high foot traffic that doesn't compete with retail -- what's not to love?)
Find out what the community needs and then figure out how to meet/support those needs -- take a long term perspective. The kids falling through the cracks today won't be ready to enter the workforce. No workers, no business growth, no economy -- everyone loses.
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"Find out what the community needs and then figure out how to meet/support those needs "
this is exactly what we tried to do at Linden (and for every building we have today, believe it or not). Community focus groups, pounding the neighborhood pavement, talking to the people - I think it's why Linden (and all of CML) has been working so well. We just need to be careful not to assume we still know that they want what they wanted 10 years ago. Things change quickly!
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