Athens Drive Library's New Home: Garden or Tryon Road?

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Durham News Today. Wake County commissioners are pushing ahead with a plan to move the Athens Drive Community Library to a nearby community garden site. The goal is to keep this key neighborhood resource close by, even as the current location inside Athens Drive High School faces major renovations too. Handle more students. The high school expansion means the library can't stay put there. County staff have looked at other spots, like one on Tri-On Road and Carey, but commissioners passed on those ideas and also on delaying a decision for a year. Local families love the library as the heart of their community. Parents like Emily Register bring their kids for programs, books, and computer use, and they worry about losing that easy access if it moves too far. Away, the proposed garden site is right across the street from the high school, which sounds convenient, but it's smaller than three acres, so parking would be limited to fewer than 90 spaces and future growth could be tough. Staying at the school would cost tens of millions of dollars and cut funding for other library

1:04projects countywide. For now, the garden relocation is the path forward, balancing community needs with budget realities. DNA is brought to you by our sponsor. No earbuds, no headbands, no awkward sleeping positions, just a pillow that plays your sound, S-O-L-I-SOLYPILLOW.com.