Impoverished suburb has a library district, but no library. (Chicago Tribune, 8/4/2013)
Library closed 2 decades ago when the Village of Ford Heights [no municipal website] could no longer maintain the building, which was eventually razed.
Ford Heights residents are denied use the neighboring Glenwood-Lynwood facility. The library district cancelled its contract with Ford Heights in 2009 for lack of payment.
Since 2010, the Ford Heights Library District has collected $61,000 in taxes, which, apparently, is not fully accounted for.
Related article:
Something's rotten in Ford Heights: drugs, murder, and charges of corruption in America's poorest suburb. (Chicago Reader, 6/14/1990)
The poorest suburb in America. (Chicago Reader, 9/7/1987)
The view from poorest U.S. suburb. (The New York Times, 4/20/1987)
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