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A new community library at the For All Healthy
Living Centre in Weston-super-Mare is set to open by May next
year.
We have secured £815,000 from the Big Lottery Fund after
submitting a bid earlier last year.
After receiving first stage approval for the funding last year,
we have now received formal approval after submitting business,
capital development and community engagement plans.
Wer are one of just seven authorities in the South West region
to have been awarded lottery funding to develop a new community
library facility.
Work is set to start on site at the end of October and will
involve enclosing an internal courtyard with a glass roof to create
a new library space.
The Healthy Living Centre already has a small library facility
which is extremely popular. The centre also provides information on
council services and allows people to collect green waste bags and
book Playhouse Theatre tickets.
The improved library facility will house ten public computers,
music CDs, DVDs and a larger collection of books.
Cllr Nigel Ashton, Leader of North Somerset Council said he was
delighted that the Healthy Living Centre was going to have a new
library.
"The library at the HLC has been extremely popular but is too
small to cater for the full needs of the community. Soon people
will benefit from a fantastic new facility that will further
enhance the Healthy Living Centre's role as a true community
facility." |