Columbus Metropolitan Library: Hilltop Branch — Attraction in Columbus

Earlier today [11-5-2022], I attended "Re-Imagine Transportation: A Transportation Justice Dialogue," a four-hour-long event, hosted by the Ohio Chapter of the Sierra Club and held at the recently-opened Hilltop Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library at 511 S. Hague Ave. in the "Hilltop" neighborhood of Columbus.

I had never before attended an event at the Hilltop branch of the library though I had been planning to attend two events at that branch earlier this year [January 2022 and March 2022] but had not actually been able to attend those events.

The first of the two events earlier this year at the Hilltop branch had been changed [because of COVID-19] to a "Zoom-only" event after initially having been scheduled as an "in person" event; the second of the two events at that branch had been canceled because of COVID-19 and has not been rescheduled as far as I am aware.

It had been great to be able to actually visit the Hilltop branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library earlier today. "Google Maps Street View" makes it appear that the new building that houses that branch had opened during September 2021 which means that the closed-and-then-reopened branch has been open for only slightly longer than one year.

There is far more space in the new building than I am certain that the previous building had had. I joked with the person at the reception desk, when first arriving, that the lobby is so large that "they would be able to have square dancing in there."

Our meeting room had been four times larger than most meeting rooms at most other library branches [with the one obvious exception of one of the meeting rooms the main branch in downtown Columbus] so our very-large event had easily been able to be accommodated there. There are many "side rooms" of various configurations at that branch that I am certain will fill the needs of most customers.

In spite of the fact that today's meeting had been about the topic of "transportation" [which could lead many to believe that I had traveled there by public transportation], I actually traveled there via Uber because I had been able to travel there in 15 minutes rather than in 1½ hours via two COTA [Central Ohio Transit Authority] buses.

My Uber driver told me that he had previously worked for the Hilltop branch of the library so he of course knows exactly where that branch is located.

If you are looking for a full-service library with a lot of room, I recommend the Hilltop branch of the Columbus...

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