FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOISE LIBRARY TRUSTEES PREPARE TO DENY WEST BOISE LIBRARY BRANCH West Boise Advocates to Hold Press Conference Urging City Council to Act BOISE, ID – Citizens for a Library in West Boise, joined by community leaders, will host a press conference on Monday, February 23, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. to advocate for the inclusion [...]

I. The city did not ask the facilities study to look at new library sites. a. We filed a public records request on what was communicated to Group 4, and as far as we can tell, there was no request to look at where the city should add a library branch. Instead, the study showed that across [...]

Find the new interactive map here: https://www.citizensforalibrary.org/west-boise/library-coverage-in-similar-cities/ The original 2023 research on this topic is here: https://www.citizensforalibrary.org/west-boise/how-does-library-coverage-compare-in-similar-cities-2023/ The message below was emailed to Director Dorr and the Boise Library Board of Trustees on February 6th. Dear Boise Library Board of Trustees, Library Staff, I was pleased to watch the [...]

Although the library facilities plan was not finalized today, I consider today’s City Council + Library Staff and Trustees meeting a firm step in the right direction! I believe that usually when a city -- like Boise -- hires a consulting agency -- like Group 4 -- to create a library facilities plan, involving citizen input, that [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEST BOISE: INCLUDE US IN THE LIBRARY’S NEXT CHAPTER! West Boise Advocates to Hold Press Conference Urging Inclusion of Library Branch in City Facilities Plan BOISE, ID – Citizens for a Library in West Boise, joined by local elected officials and community leaders, will host a press conference on Monday, October 13, 2025, at [...]

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 [...]