Let's Save the Riverside Library

What's New

This web site is being updated frequently as we count down towards the September 8 budget hearing. This page summarizes what's been added and changed.

September 16

• Updated front page with council vote and an invitation to our celebration.
• This is expected to be the final update to this site. Around the end of the month, these pages will be retired to their final and permanent location.

September 7

• The final batch of comments has been posted. Phew!
• Bzzzt - pencils down. The petition form has been deactivated.

September 5

• The commercial businesses in the area support Riverside.
• A pointer to Mike Clark-Madison's awesome article on library policy has been added to the links page.
• And even more comments.

September 4

• Posted information on the public hearing.

September 1

• Posted background information page.
• Those comments just keep rolling in.

August 31

• Published pages on the programs that make Riverside special.
• Updated the links page with pointers to more newspaper articles and City of Austin library budget info.

August 26

• Added info sheet that's chock full of facts on the closure situation. This is good stuff.

August 25

• More comments.

August 21

• Posted text of the resolution passed unanimously by the Library Commission.
• Posted more comments.

August 20

• Started posting comments left by the petition signers.

August 19

• Added the links of interest page.