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Dawaune Lamont Hayes Proposes a Different Vision for the Downtown Library

By Courtney Bierman

Published March 21, 2022 at 12:05 PM CDT

An AI rendering of a large, brown building with lots of windows. — Hayes created renderings of the downtown library to show its potential as a site for community engagement.

Dawaune Lamont Hayes returns to the show to discuss the controversial process of removing the W. Dale Clark Library in favor of a new headquarters for Mutual of Omaha. He proposes an alternate vision for the space as a welcome center and transit hub.

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Courtney Bierman

Courtney is back in her hometown after graduating from the University of Kansas in 2019 with degrees in journalism and film. While at KU, she was the arts and culture editor of the University Daily Kansan and had a summer internship at KCUR, Kansas City's NPR member station. She has three pet rats and has seen almost every Audrey Hepburn movie.

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