Plans for Weybridge Library and Community Hub will be on show at Weybridge Library in a Surrey County Council engagement event on 25 January 2024 from 4:00 – 7:00pm. This is for anyone who wants to find out more about the plans for the new Weybridge Hub and the timetable for the refurbishment of the library due to open in Spring 2025.
There will also be co-design opportunities for children and their parents and carers during the scheduled rhyme-time and story-time activities between 11:00-11:30am on 25 January and 30 January.
Residents who attended PPDRA Community Meeting in September 2023 will be aware of very positive plans for a modern flexible library. This is a chance to learn more, and talk with those behind the plans.
The Weybridge Hub plans also include space for targeted youth support and accessible community spaces for hire, and commercially lettable space, although some residents feel that these Hub elements of the proposals miss opportunities to create a really positive local community hub and fall short of community aspirations. What are your views?
At the event, information will be available on all the improvements and collaboration taking place to create the new Hub and partnership work being undertaken with Elmbridge Borough Council to provide a library provision during the refurbishment works. Attendees will be able to view approved plans for the library and input their ideas to the look and feel of the library and future event programming of the library space. Video content showing a 3D walkthrough of the plans for the improved library area will be shown.
Surrey County Council staff will be available during the afternoon event to answer questions.
The building works will include comprehensive external refurbishment of the existing structure, a single storey infill of the rear courtyard to expand the ground floor and full internal refit of all interiors providing accommodation for a variety of services and partners.
More information will be available in the library and online from the 25 January 2024. Whilst staff will be available at the drop-in session from 4-7pm, the information boards will remain in the library and online for comment until the 7 February 2024.
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