Community members have the opportunity to voice their opinion next week to the Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs, which oversees the DC Public Library, at its performance oversight hearing on Wednesday, February 1st at 2pm.

Brightwood Park/Manor Park was originally chosen as a service gap area because its lack of nearby libraries, its high family density, its high concentration with low educational attainment, children ages birth to 9, and single parent households. The library’s plan also identified a lot of individuals in the area that were not current library users that had the potential to become customers.