Four Northwest Georgia libraries face ‘countdown to shutdown’

Rossville Public Library

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“Countdown to shutdown” is the catchy phrase coined for a difficult situation for four northwest Georgia libraries.

Lecia Eubanks, director of the Cherokee Regional Library System that has branches in Rossville, Chickamauga, LaFayette and Trenton, came up with the slogan to sum up the library system’s troubled financial footing.

Increased costs and funding cuts likely will force library officials in six months to pick a branch to eventually shut down to keep the system afloat, Eubanks said.

“It’s not good news,” she said. “It’s what I’ve been calling the ‘countdown to shutdown.'”