Dallas Residents Save Libraries: New Funding, Mixed-Use Spaces

0:00It's April 20th. This is Dallas News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. Dallas just hit the brakes on closing neighborhood libraries after a budget survey showed folks weren't having it. Overwhelming pushback from residents saved the day. The city was eyeing a $2.6 million cut to library funds, originally planning to shut down smaller spots and beef up hours at a handful of flagship locations instead. Public outcry flipped the script, with leaders now hunting fresh cash like revenue from passport offices and that $3.3 million from, selling the Skillman library. Library bosses are shifting to more part-time staff for flexible hours, plus eyeing bond money to turn sites like Park Forest and North Oak Cliff into. Mixed-use spots with housing developers. Meanwhile, the massive downtown central library biggest in the state at 650,000 square feet, got left off the flagship list so it's. Future hangs in the balance as talks keep rolling.