Libraries: Outlets for Public Information

When the Nebraska Department of Economic Development wanted to get public input for its annual performance report (“Nebraska Consolidated Plan’s 2006 Proposed Annual Performance Report”), what did it do? Why of course, it placed copies of that plan in 16 public libraries spread throughout Nebraska to allow those who cannot access it on the web to share their input too. The Department wants feedback on how well it did in meeting its objectives, on its distribution of $12 million in CDBG grants as well as other grant and loan programs, and on any displacement of people that occurred as a result of its CDBG activities. These public libraries will have copies of the report available for input: Alliance, Auburn, Garfield County (Burwell), Central City, Chadron, Lexington, Bennett Martin Public Library (Lincoln), McCook, Jensen Memorial Library (Minden), Goodall City Library (Ogallala), W. Dale Clark Library (Omaha), Scottsbluff, Sidney, Wayne, Thomas County Library (Thedford), and Valentine. For those who would like to see the report on the web, go to the Department’s web site: http://www.neded.org/content/view/218/430/