Citizens For a Library2025-08-28T10:45:13-06:00

Library + City Council Meeting October 14th, 2025

Boise City Council needs our input. Library Staff and the Board of Trustees will meet with City Council on October 14th at Boise City Hall at 3:30 PM, and they're looking for guidance from City Council to formulate and agree upon the library facilities plan.  This is an open meeting, however I understand public comments will not [...]

By |October 1st, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Open Streets Boise 2025

On September 28th we hosted a booth at Open Streets Boise.  We collected over 201 signatures!  Everyone we spoke with (with I believe a single exception) said they value libraries and wanted to sign our petition to address the library desert in West Boise.  It's great to see how important literacy and services provided by libraries are [...]

By |September 29th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

City Cast Boise Podcast — Could West Boise Get Their Own Library?

Huge thank you to City Cast Boise (Lindsay Van Allen, Frankie Barnhill, and Evelyn Avitia) for helping tell this story, for asking great questions, being patient as I struggled to get my audio working last Thursday, and for editing the interview. You can listen to the podcast here: https://boise.citycast.fm/podcasts/could-west-boise-get-their-own-library

By |September 16th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

We Might Have Broken the Printers

Citizens for a Library in West Boise, Together our emails added over 40 pages to the meeting agenda for the Library Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, September 10th!  I was so happy when someone shared the link with me and I saw the meeting agenda, including all our messages: https://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/media/hdsnuwbl/september-10-2025-packet-supplemental-docs.pdf That's a lot of pages for all [...]

By |September 15th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Blueprint Boise

“What is Blueprint Boise?  Boise’s Comprehensive Plan, Blueprint Boise, establishes a broad vision for growth.” Source: City of Boise Website https://www.cityofboise.org/departments/planning-and-development-services/planning/designing-our-city/guiding-plans/blueprint-boise/ In short, it is the city's guiding document used to create a vibrant and sustainable Boise.   “Libraries are important part of the community, and all residents should be able to access them easily. CEA11.1: THREE-MILE [...]

By |September 3rd, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|1 Comment

My Letter to the Board of Trustees

(Image above is Mark Salisbury and Kathy Graham, Centennial Neighborhood Association President, sending messages to individuals who signed the petition previously) Dear Boise Public Library Board of Trustees, My name is Mark Salisbury.  I have been a resident of Boise since 2002.  Not long after I moved here, I saw Boise improve its library system to become [...]

By |September 1st, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Library + City Council Meeting October 14th, 2025

Boise City Council needs our input. Library Staff and the Board of Trustees will meet with City Council on October 14th at Boise City Hall at 3:30 PM, and they're looking for guidance from City Council to formulate and agree upon the library facilities plan.  This is an open meeting, however I understand public comments will not [...]

By |October 1st, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Open Streets Boise 2025

On September 28th we hosted a booth at Open Streets Boise.  We collected over 201 signatures!  Everyone we spoke with (with I believe a single exception) said they value libraries and wanted to sign our petition to address the library desert in West Boise.  It's great to see how important literacy and services provided by libraries are [...]

By |September 29th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

City Cast Boise Podcast — Could West Boise Get Their Own Library?

Huge thank you to City Cast Boise (Lindsay Van Allen, Frankie Barnhill, and Evelyn Avitia) for helping tell this story, for asking great questions, being patient as I struggled to get my audio working last Thursday, and for editing the interview. You can listen to the podcast here: https://boise.citycast.fm/podcasts/could-west-boise-get-their-own-library

By |September 16th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

We Might Have Broken the Printers

Citizens for a Library in West Boise, Together our emails added over 40 pages to the meeting agenda for the Library Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, September 10th!  I was so happy when someone shared the link with me and I saw the meeting agenda, including all our messages: https://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/media/hdsnuwbl/september-10-2025-packet-supplemental-docs.pdf That's a lot of pages for all [...]

By |September 15th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Blueprint Boise

“What is Blueprint Boise?  Boise’s Comprehensive Plan, Blueprint Boise, establishes a broad vision for growth.” Source: City of Boise Website https://www.cityofboise.org/departments/planning-and-development-services/planning/designing-our-city/guiding-plans/blueprint-boise/ In short, it is the city's guiding document used to create a vibrant and sustainable Boise.   “Libraries are important part of the community, and all residents should be able to access them easily. CEA11.1: THREE-MILE [...]

By |September 3rd, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|1 Comment

My Letter to the Board of Trustees

(Image above is Mark Salisbury and Kathy Graham, Centennial Neighborhood Association President, sending messages to individuals who signed the petition previously) Dear Boise Public Library Board of Trustees, My name is Mark Salisbury.  I have been a resident of Boise since 2002.  Not long after I moved here, I saw Boise improve its library system to become [...]

By |September 1st, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

West Boise Needs a Library! Too

Go
Go
Go to Top