{"id":15915,"date":"2015-05-05T15:43:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T19:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=15915"},"modified":"2015-05-05T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T19:43:35","slug":"letter-keep-the-library-in-kennett-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=15915","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Keep the library in Kennett Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

To The Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Letters1\"<\/a>In 1895 a group of Borough residents chartered a new subscription (private)\u00a0library that was to remain in the Borough of Kennett Square and be dedicated to the\u00a0remembrance of Baylor Taylor. The Bayard Taylor Memorial Library was founded.<\/p>\n

Over the years this charter has increasing been ignored by BTML Board Members.\u00a0They now want to move the library outside of the Borough and rename it the\u00a0Kennett Community Library.<\/p>\n

Over two decades ago the BTML Board stated that they wanted better\u00a0facilities with dedicated parking. Their proposal was to build a 40000 sq. ft. library\u00a0with a minimum of 100 dedicated parking spaces. At that time the County Library in\u00a0Exton was only 40000 sq. ft. not all on one floor with a dedicated 64 parking spaces\u00a0that included four handicapped spaces. The Exton has expanded slightly since then, but\u00a0dedicated parking remains at 64 spaces still today.<\/p>\n

The Board said they considered several sites within the Borough, but found\u00a0none acceptable. None of the sites were publically discussed, nor were the reasons\u00a0for rejecting the sites. The Board then purchased the Waywood site outside the\u00a0Borough that they believe could provide 40000 sq. ft. in two stories and over 100\u00a0parking spaces.<\/p>\n

Our community did not accept this concept and the BTML Board could not\u00a0raise funding for their project. Dedicated parking spaces were shown not to be\u00a0needed by the Friends of the BTML who donated $100 dollars of parking meter\u00a0coins and found that three months later nearly $25 dolJars still had not been used.<\/p>\n

The Kennett Area Regional Planning Commission offered to assist the library\u00a0Board in planning for needed space. Meetings occurred about once a month and\u00a0some progress was being made. However when the KARPC requested financial\u00a0information that should have been available to the general public the BTML Board\u00a0refused to supply this data. The meetings ended in failure because the BTML Board\u00a0would not supply needed financial information for planning purposes.<\/p>\n

The BTML Board has now proposed renaming our library, the Kennett\u00a0Community Library and again locating it at the Waywood. This has not been well\u00a0received by the community. Any BTML Board member who voted to approve this\u00a0proposal should immediately resign, and\/or the municipalities who support the\u00a0BTML should appoint new representatives who believe the BTML should remain in\u00a0the Borough.<\/p>\n

Individuals should be permitted to form a new library, but they should not\u00a0use the finances of the BTML to do so. The KCL must return all financials funds they\u00a0have stolen from the BTML to plan their KCL. They should not use the investment\u00a0assets of the BTML {primarily the Waywood site without purchasing it from the\u00a0BTML) Finally they should not pillage any of BTML’s physical assets such as books,\u00a0computers, furnishings, etc.<\/p>\n

The regional community is in need of a new BTML. It does not need a\u00a0rehashing of locating a new library (KCL) at the Waywood site. I am certain the\u00a0BTML can remain it the Borough. With proper planning that involves all community\u00a0members, a new, larger BTML can be located in the Borough of Kennett Square and\u00a0have adequate parking.<\/p>\n

We cannot forget the history of our community. It is appropriate to\u00a0remember individuals who make our community great One such individual was\u00a0Bayard Taylor It is appropriate to name our library after him. It is important to\u00a0follow the BTML’s charter and keep the library in the Borough!!!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bruce Yelton,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pocopson<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To The Editor: In 1895 a group of Borough residents chartered a new subscription (private)\u00a0library that was to remain in the Borough of Kennett Square and be dedicated to the\u00a0remembrance of Baylor Taylor. The Bayard Taylor Memorial Library was founded. Over the years this charter has increasing been ignored by BTML Board Members.\u00a0They now want […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2734,6158,16],"class_list":["post-15915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-bayard-taylor-memorial-library","tag-kennett-public-library","tag-kennett-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}