Why does Commerce Township need its own library? Can’t Commerce residents continue to use other cities’ library services?
In the past, Commerce Township paid for the use of the West Bloomfield, Milford and Walled Lake libraries. Milford dropped the contract with Commerce in 2003 following the failure of the township’s library millage proposal. In addition, all three contracts required Commerce to set money aside for the purpose of building its own library. This requirement was due to the fact that the amount Commerce paid these communities was less than those communities’ residents were paying. The opportunity presented by the DDA to establish a Commerce library provides an economic and thoughtful way to provide library services for our residents.
