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Okanagan Regional Library to host town hall on services

Public invited to share their thoughts on services most important and vital in the Shuswap.

The Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) will be hosting a public town hall on the evening of Thursday, May 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Salmon Arm library in the Mall at Piccadilly.

The public is invited to share their thoughts on the services most important and vital in Salmon Arm and the Shuswap.

This consultation is a next step in a two-year planning process designed to align municipal revenues with library services and address imbalances between communities in the ORL’s vast BC Southern Interior region.

“The evening is meant to be a conversation, asking attendees how they see library services changing to remain relevant and meaningful in their lives,” says the ORL’s CEO Stephanie Hall, who will be at the town hall to answer questions and gather feedback.

This meeting is one of three town halls being organized in the ORL region as a result of a 2013 review of expenditures versus revenues. The resulting report found that spending in some communities was out of alignment with tax revenue received and the ORL board wants to address this.