The big news for this week is that our new library will receive two million dollars of federal Funds. Senator Chris Evans was in South Perth today to make the announcement.
The Mayor, James Best, was pretty excited about this, as was the Project Manager, Mike Kent and CEO, Cliff Frewing. The City will now be able to make use of good sustainability concepts to make sure that the building has a much lower environmental footprint, using less energy and water, while being a really wonderful resource for all in the community.
The funding will augment the $1.5 million from WA Lotteries.
The concept of what a library is has certainly changed over the years. This new facility will be many things to many people. There will be infant health facilities, meeting rooms for clubs, heritage material storage, reading facilities of course, and much more.
I'm very happy to be part of a City that is looking to the future. The recent series of Vision workshops show that many other people in South Perth want to contribute to this future too.
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Great news re funding...I just hope the City understands how to do Ecologically Sustainable Design now as a result of learnings from previous mistakes (ie Civic Centre - there was nothing sustainable about that refurbishment - proof provided by results of a building audit post construction)! Let's hope the project manager is on top of ESD issues and has expert assistance to guide the process!
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