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D.C. libraries could host weddings this fall

Are you a recently engaged bookworm? You may be in luck.

The D.C. Council gave D.C. Public Library the power to host private, revenue-generating functions – like weddings – when the Council tentatively approved the fiscal year 2016 budget last week.

D.C. Public Library operates the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Chinatown and 25 other libraries in the District. The change is not set in stone, but it means that D.C. libraries will be partially funded by fees collected under the initiative, which will help pay for library expenses.

Richard Reyes-Gavilan, executive director of D.C. Public Library, told the Washington Business Journal that there will be a passport acceptance facility at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and that the historic branch may serve as a space for private receptions by as early as this fall.

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $13 billion budget plan designates at least $146 million to homeless services and housing, as well as $7 million for free Metro passes for public and charter school students and would fund the purchase of 2,400 body cameras for each police officer.

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