Following a lengthy 14-month renovation, Lee County's South County Regional Library reopened to bookworms across Southwest Florida. The return couldn’t come at a better time, since reading among Floridians has been on the decline.
According to a recent study by the National Endowment of Arts, fewer than half of American adults read a book for enjoyment in the past year. As WGCU’s Samuel Brucker reports, the return of a local library brings hope to parents that the itch to keep reading will spark a new joy for literature in their children.
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