Surrey County Council is hosting an in-person engagement event on 25 January 2024 at Weybridge Library from 4:00 – 7:00pm. The event is for everyone 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.
In addition to the main event, co-design opportunities will be available for children and their parents and carers during the scheduled rhyme-time activity held between 11:00-11:30am on the 25th January and at Storytime on 30th January at the same time.
Weybridge Hub will include a modern flexible library, accommodation for targeted youth support and accessible community spaces for hire and commercially lettable space.
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.
Surrey County Council Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Customer and Communities, Councillor Denise Stewart Turner said: “This event at Weybridge Library in January is important for us as we want to meet people who are interested in the library changes, the new Hub and hear from them directly how they would like the library to look in the future. There will be an opportunity to comment on both the interior library layout and put forward ideas for potential uses of the library space.
“The changes are going to completely transform the customer experience inside Weybridge library and we are proud to work with the local community and Elmbridge Borough Council to achieve them. We look forward to the works being completed by spring 2025 for the benefit of all local residents and businesses.”
The information displayed on the library boards and the opportunity to comment will be available online on the Surrey Library Transformation pages from 19th January 2024.
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