North Ridgeville HOA orders removal of Little Free Library outside a homeowner’s yard; Cleveland 19, September 17, 2026

Vasi Prokos , Cleveland 19; North Ridgeville HOA orders removal of Little Free Library outside a homeowner’s yard

"A homeowners association in North Ridgeville has ordered a resident to remove a Little Free Library from her front yard by Sept. 30, saying the book exchange box violates bylaws against yard storage.

A family tradition

Lana Carter and her husband James installed the box outside her home on West Shore Parkway in late June. Lana said she and her family moved to the area from Denver, Colorado, where their previous neighborhood had at least eight Little Free Libraries...

Asked how she felt after receiving the letter, Carter said she was “defeated.”

“I don’t even know if defeated is the word. I was just really sad that I could not share this special thing that had been part of our family with our new neighbors in our neighborhood,” Carter said...

The HOA offered an alternative of moving the box to the community recreation area. Carter said that location is more than half a mile from her home, making it inconvenient to keep up with it every day.

“We are volunteer stewards for literacy,” Carter said. “We just really feel that it’s important to put books in the hands of any age, but especially children.”"

Vandals destroy Little Free Library inside children’s memorial garden in Hermitage; WKBN, July 10, 2020

Dave Sess, WKBN; Vandals destroy Little Free Library inside children’s memorial garden in Hermitage 

The Little Free Library was started to remember Danielle Greenburg, a children's librarian who was passionate about literacy

"The Butterfly Garden is dedicated to children who passed away. Greenburg was a children’s librarian, passionate about literacy. Team Danielle was started in her memory.

“As of this week, have donated over $300,000 to Sarcoma Research,” McIntire said.

And that work will continue.

The library was open to all. Take a book, read a book, put it back for the next person. The Little Free Library will definitely return.

“That’s something that will be a priority and putting back into place and refill it with some books,” said Ryan Voisey, with Buhl Park.

“So we’ll fix it and hope they’ve had enough of us and go somewhere else,” McIntire said.

There have been many promises of donations already to rebuild and restock the Little Free Library at Buhl Park. The children’s programs that are held there will continue as well."