BATON ROUGE - After a failed funding proposition under the Thrive EBR plan, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library is rethinking its next steps and turning to the community for input.

Library leaders say the failure of their last proposition has pushed them back to the drawing board. On Friday, they held a community meeting to discuss a new direction and gather feedback from residents as they plan for the next election cycle.

“There were many, many progressives who said ‘vote no’ because they were confident that we would be at this point at this time,” a community member said.

Another attendee noted the sense of collaboration emerging from the meeting.

“Basically, the people have come together and they will help us write the next chapter,” EBR Assistant Library Director Mary Stein said.

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