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Betsey Suchanic, Senior Program Manager with the Urban Libraries Council, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware\u2019s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about local libraries' critical community economic development roles. Topics covered include the essential local government services provided by libraries during the pandemic and the need to reinvest in public libraries as we move forward in recovery.\n\nThe Urban Libraries Council (ULC) is an innovation and action tank of North America\u2019s leading public library systems. Betsey supports ULC\u2019s strategic focus areas in education, digital equity, and healthy, sustainable communities. To learn more about ULC\u2019s work to strengthen and promote the value of libraries as essential public assets, visit https://www.urbanlibraries.org/.\n\nBefore joining ULC, Betsey earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Delaware\u2019s Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. While earning her degree, she researched transportation planning and community economic development as a Public Administration Fellow at IPA.\n\nThis October 12, 2021 interview is presented as part of the Visions of Recovery series through IPA\u2019s First State Insights podcast. This series seeks to shed light on opportunities for community, economic, and social recovery from the pandemic by engaging experts and advocates in conversations on five important questions:\n1) What\u2019s one thing you think will be changed for good after the pandemic? \n2) What\u2019s one thing you hope will change?\n3) What needs to happen for this change to occur?\n4) What are you doing to make it happen?\n5) How can folks get involved?\n\nFor the latest in the Visions of Recovery series, consult IPA\u2019s news feed (www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa/about/news) or visit the series playlist on SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/first-state-insights/sets/visions-of-recovery). To learn more about the Institute for Public Administration, visit ipa.udel.edu.