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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2013-11-06, Page 10um BrokerLink A.ILL-1 Inswonca 10 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, November 6, 2013 Gerard Creces QM Agency Old makes way for new, in this case a library that will boost the downtown. It is scheduled to open next spring. '0+ , - L 1 —11111.117 Kevin Varley Broker Cell: 519-272-3647 Allan Carter Broker Cell: 519-525-8488 Your Insurance Partners Committed to providing personalized service FARM/AUTO/HOME/BUSINESS INSURANCE 51 Albert Street, Stratford, ON N5A 3K2 PH: 519-271-1840 1-800-265-8532 Fax: 519-271-1789 Serving Huron & Perth Counties with more than 50 years experience in the Insurance Industry Gerard Creces QM! Agency It was a great day to tear down a building. The Municipality of Bluewater is on their way to constructing their second new library this year, as crews from D&I Wat- tam from Wingham began demolishing a building at the comer of Main and Goshen Street, Zurich. While the demolition was completed Oct. 30, cleanup of the site was expected to take a few extra days, from debris removal to backfilling. As was the case in Bayfield, the idea for the new Zurich library came from the community level. "They were both part of a pent up demand," said Bluewater CAO Steve Api FOSTER FAMILIES a NEEDED FOR 1.1u•rn'-'11"er Lh CHILDREN & YOUTH CNotr'4 .1x1 Lawny= Help Children Inom Your CirmnuiIr n Fcr tome Mori Coll the Hum -high Chloren AI Oii!i! Perth County (Deanie Jardine) 511-271-52g0. or 1.800-E6S-5114 Huron County (Deanie Jardine) 519-524-753 Or 1-003-205-5.193 McAuley. He said the support for the project has been overwhelming, and nearly all design input from public meet- ings has been incorporated into the new building. "This will definitely put some energy back into downtown;' he added. It will be quite a boost for the library itself, which currently occupies a space of just 800 square feet in the basement of a municipal building at Main and Frederich Street. The new building will be 3,500 square feetwhen finished, and will include dedicated space for children's program- ming - there is an active audience for but little space in the current location. The entrance will be open from both streets, with a reading garden going in at the corner facing the intersection, while the reading room at the new library will also incorporate a bit of the old building. Some brick from the demolition will be salvaged and used in a fireplace included in the adult section plans. The demolished building was formerly a grocery store, in addition to having apartments upstairs. Acquiring the building was spear- headed by the Zurich Chamber of Com- merce, who had worked with the seller of the old storefront prior to approaching Bluewater Council with the idea. The building sold for $47,500, though with demolition and rehabilitation costs, the full price tag will be closer to $100,000. All told, the new library has a budget of $1.04 million, with $800,000 of that coming from a $7.5 million OMAFRA grant that also helped pay for the Bayfield Public Library. There will be no effect on the tax base, and no increase of levies for the project, McAu- ley said. The new library is expected to be complete next spring. I-1 7 I 4.4.+14 r•e•ICY-r WIL,111 chi -wider s ("- HIM.. m•rm a. masa IN. El H Ll 1-11-1=1 MEI I I 1;.". • mu...am la vg mire lo...•11.0411-Akt. IVY WW1% y 4 .1. L..; • MAKE(ALYISH. Canada Because some wishes can't wait for someday.