SAVE ELY Library
We love this library It’s a little gem that
just right for its situation. We don’t want a move to move to the Jasmine
centre with lots of other services in a ‘hub’
Cardiff Council are going to close and demolish your library
Save Ely Library from demolition and closure. The
consultation by Cardiff council on a 'community Hub' doesn't make it clear that the Ely library is
to close and moved to the greatly inferior Jasmine centre.
Ely library building is beautiful and inspirational and should be kept. The building
was designed by the staff and students of the Welsh School of architecture. They saw Ely,
particularly the part at the bottom of grand avenue as 'vestigial garden
village style'. It was opened to great acclaim in 1986. It replaced the old wooden library opened in
1938. It was described at the time as an 'economic little gem that is just
right for its situation’.
Labour Cardiff Council
want to create a ‘community hub’ which means moving services such as housing and benefit advice, library services,
advice for job seekers, opportunities for learning. They suggest that the
services of partners such as Citizen Advice and Want to Work and the police could
also be included in the Hub. This means they could close the present hosing
office in Grand Ave next to the library and make money after demolishing them
both by selling the site.
The only and last question
in the ‘consultation’ about this says services WILL be located in the Jasmine centre
and asks if you agree?
The Jasmine centre has already
got problems with car parking and Treseder
Way a quiet road and park behind will
become a busy highway.
People in Splott are
fighting a similar cuts plan to amalgamate services in a ‘hub’
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Ely Library on Facebook Community hubs =
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