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Kawartha Lakes – On Saturday, January 28 the Kawartha Lakes Public Library and City of Kawartha Lakes celebrated the grand opening of the new Bobcaygeon Library and Municipal Service Centre.
It was a fun filled event featuring light refreshments, a musician, face painting for children, free gift bags, and a chance to win prize baskets donated by local businesses.
“We’re amazed by the community support we experienced at the grand opening event on Saturday. Our goal was to have 200 people see the new library and service centre, and we blew that number away as nearly 500 residents visited the new space during the event! We cannot thank the community enough for coming out on Saturday and seeing what their new branch has to offer,” said Jamie Anderson, Library Director/CEO at Kawartha Lakes Public Library.
The grand opening event was the perfect way to introduce the Bobcaygeon community to their new community hub. The upgraded building features the Bobcaygeon Branch of the Kawartha Lakes Public Library and the Bobcaygeon Municipal Service Centre. It will allow residents to visit the library and municipal service centre in one trip.
“Here we have a space that not only is great for the whole community, from children to seniors, but now we also have the service centre combined with it. So it’s one-stop shopping and that certainly meets the needs of the community and meets what Council wants to do in bringing together the services so that they’re more accessible and more available to everybody. I just think that this is a wonderful example of what we can do when everybody at the City works together to build something that will be useful and beneficial to the community for many years,” said Mayor Doug Elmslie during his speech at the event.
Kawartha Lakes Public Library and the City of Kawartha Lakes would like to thank all of the local businesses and organizations in Bobcaygeon that contributed to the grand prize gift baskets: Bigley Shoes and Clothing, Bobcaygeon British Shop, Bobcaygeon Flower Company, Briarwood and Bay, Buckeye Marine, Cake by the Lake, Douglas and Son, Felt Crafty, The Green Treefrog, Home Hardware, Just for the Halibut, Kate’s Candy, Kawartha Dairy, Kawartha Settlers’ Village, Old Dog Brewing Co. and Sheffield Greens Golf Club.
The new community hub is open for business in Bobcaygeon and residents are encouraged to use it to meet all of their library and municipal service centre needs.
Ribbon Cutting Photo Caption (left to right): Library Director/CEO Jamie Anderson, Mayor Doug Elmslie, Councillor Pat Warren, Library Board Chair Sue Ferguson, Councillor Dan Joyce, and Councillor Ron Ashmore
About the new Bobcaygeon Library and Municipal Service Centre
Municipal Service Centre Hours:
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30am
For more customer service information, please visit the Kawartha Lakes Customer Service webpage
Library Hours:
Monday and Thursday 12:30pm to 7:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 10:00am to 2:00pm
Bobcaygeon Branch Features:
- 5,200 square feet
- Welcoming ambiance
- Fully accessible
- Large windows letting in natural light
- Flexible space
- Comfortable lounge seating
- Study tables and work areas with power
- Wi-Fi access
- Book return open 24/7
- Meeting space for small groups
About Kawartha Lakes Public Library
Through its strong network of community branches, the mission of the Kawartha Lakes Public Library is to provide its residents with easy access to a wide range of information resources, programs, equipment and services in order to encourage multiple forms of literacy and learning and to support community-based educational, cultural, and recreational activities. The library served 140,000 patrons across its 14 branches in 2022. For more information, please visit the Kawartha Lakes Public Library website.
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