Locals launch effort to create library-based entrepreneur centers

Local entrepreneurs David Britton, Jim B. Abendschan and Cabrillo College librarian Topsy Smalley are promoting a library revolution, "a grassroots business model to create millions of sustainable jobs" by transforming libraries into hubs of civic change and environmentally-minded entrepreneurship.

"We want to have the infrastructure in place to implant entrepreneurialism," said Britton, who has started and run four high-tech companies and is currently also involved in organizing the local Santa Cruz Tech MeetUp programs. He hopes the Library Hub project will help the cash-strapped libraries as well as build a stronger economy.