Rippy Realty owner Brenda Rippy announced that community input meeting will be held 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at Town Hall to discuss making a library a reality.
“It is to see if we have interest in the community for a private library here,” Rippy said.
Several months ago Councilman Randy Crenshaw brought up the idea of creating a Six Mile branch of the county library system.
That idea, paired with creating a Dacusville branch, has been sent to committee, with no action yet taken on it.
Rippy said that, with a down economy, the idea of a county library branch is probably too much to hope for in the near future.
“I’m afraid that Pickens County doesn’t have the money to come up with a library,” she said.
That’s why she and a newly-formed Community of Six Mile Library board want to create a private library in Six Mile, with hopes that the county could add it into the county library system after it gets off the ground.
“I would love that,” Rippy said.
The town deserves — and needs — its own library, she said.
“If people ask about a library, you have to send them in different directions,” Rippy said.
Currently the Village branch library in Pickens is the closest location to Six Mile, followed by the Central/Clemson branch.
“The community needs it,” Rippy said. “I think it would be great for our children. They would have a place to come after school.
“Some children don’t have a computer in their family,” she said. “They could have a computer there. They could rent the books that they need.”
Mayor John Wade and Six Mile Elementary School principal Cliff Alexander have both thrown their support behind the idea, Rippy said.
The board includes Rippy, Anne Yongue, SME librarian Carole Munro, former Six Mile Mayor Rev. Leroy Stewart and Loretta Cappiello, with Kenneth Acker serving as legal counsel for the board.
“As long as we have support in the community, we can do this,” Rippy said. “People I have spoken to here in Six Mile love the idea. People are already donated books and we don’t have a building yet.”
There are several rental properties in town that would make great locations for the library, she said.
The board has collected over 250 books so far.
“I would like to have a big section of children’s books,” Rippy said. “This is really for
our children. It’s about having good, quality growth in Six Mile.”
To learn more about the meeting, or to donate books, call Rippy at 868-2120.
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