The birth of a new and well-stocked lending library is broadening horizons for lakeside area book worms and laying the groundwork for a multi-faceted community education center.
Conveniently located on the outskirts of Jocotepec, immediately west of the turn-off to Libramiento bypass, the budding El Chante Library is already the pride and joy of a tight-knit group of ambitious expatriates who have so far put 5,000 titles on the shelves.
“This is just a modest beginning,” says library manager Marilyn Hazen, pointing to a dozen long racks filled with books. “We have 75,000 more books sitting in storage up at the border.”
Sorting out red tape with Mexican customs and arranging transportation to Jocotepec are the remaining obstacles to completing a collection that will eventually rank as Jalisco’s second largest library, she explains. And that doesn’t count the hundreds of DVDs that are being acquired to compile a film library
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