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A modernized library including a center for performing artists and a recording studio is a plan that Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said the government intends to bring to reality.<\/p>\n
He told those gathered at the presentation of the Roseau Development Plan on Monday past, that not having a fully functional library is not something that he\u2019s happy about.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my greatest disappointments is that we did not get to build a modern library at the time that we should have built it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the prime minister, it was the government\u2019s initial intention to build a modern library during the construction of the State House and Dominica State College.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to build something that even if you could not read and write you would want to go to the library and see what\u2019s happening there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But since that plan fell flat, PM Skerrit said his Dominica Labour Party government will instead \u201ctie in now a centre for the performing arts and also to have a recording studio for the public\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, there are a number of artistes in Dominica, people who write songs, those who can sing and do not have access to the facilities to bring out their natural talent.<\/p>\n
He believes that the issue of a centre for performing arts in Dominica needs to be discussed.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIf we have an event at the Arawak House of Culture where will our people rehearse and practice? \u201cWe need to have designated facilities for these kinds of things,\u201d Skerrit added.<\/p>\n
He said as a progressive nation the presence or absence of a national library in Dominica must be addressed.<\/p>\n
The public library located on Victoria Street was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and there have been plans by government to reconstruct the building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A modernized library including a center for performing artists and a recording studio is a plan that Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said the government intends to bring to reality. He told those gathered at the presentation of the Roseau Development…","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":243059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-development","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n