The need for more community outreach was a dominant theme at the kick-off public meeting Thursday for the recently launched campaign to rebuild the El Cerrito Library.

The newly formed citizens committee called “El Cerrito New Library Community Campaign” heard a large number of suggestions from the approximately 20 people who gathered for its first public gathering Thursday night at the current library on Stockton Avenue.

Read more: “Momentum Builds for New Library Drive,” El Cerrito Patch, August 3, 2012.