Big Box Transformed

摘要

The Bedford Public Library (BPL), TX, has been through some ups and downs recently. In 2005, the library was closed briefly when tax monies ran out. In 2007, library supporters narrowly beat back a move to privatize management under Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI). Now, BPL faces a new challenge: transforming a closed big box grocery store into a welcoming (and green) version of, as the library's mission statement says, "our community's front porch."