[Answerland] FW: [Libs-Or] economic value of downtown libraries

[Tamara Ottum]

Answerlanders, forwarding the below in case you have some resources to suggest…

From: Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Mark Greenhalgh-Johnson
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 4:26 PM
To: libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Subject: [Libs-Or] economic value of downtown libraries

Hi,

I am being asked for a study that shows the dollars spent by library patrons in the downtown core.
Meaning a patron coming to or leaving a library located downtown will spend  x dollars  at other nearby businesses.

I have found several studies on the overall monetary  benefit of library services  to a community. I have not found a study on the particulars of patron buying habits in the downtown core.

If anyone knows of a study that is this specific - especially in relation to Urban Renewal - please let me know.

Thanks,

Mark Greenhalgh-Johnson
Dallas Public Library
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