Bobcaygeon library grand opening attracts 500 visitors
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, according to a media release.
“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.
I look forward to visiting the Bobcaygeon branch of the City of Kawartha Lakes Public Library at my earliest convenience. I had the great privilege of serving on the City of Kawartha Lakes Public Library Board from 2000 – 2005. At the time it was strikingly apparent that easily accessible Library services were vitally important to the Bobcaygeon-Verulam community. (as they should be for all of us!) It is gratifying to see the support provided by the City of Kawartha Lakes by way of creating this new library space that is both vibrantly functional and accessible. Congratulations to the community and well done to the City of Kawartha Lakes!