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Neighbors of former south-side library in La Crosse to weigh ideas for building

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January 21, 2024

New ideas for a former city library building will be up for discussion Monday night at a neighborhood meeting in La Crosse.

The Holy Trinity-Longfellow Neighborhood Association is hosting a 6 p.m. meeting at the Faith United Methodist Church on Redfield Street.

People living near the old South Branch library will be asked for ideas on how the building can be put to a new use.

The city has begun the process of declaring the library site as ‘surplus property,’ which could lead to the property being sold to a buyer.

The 16th Street library was shut down in November, after city officials decided to eliminate $100,000 in library funding from the annual budget, leaving just two public library buildings in La Crosse.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.