We're gutted!

Work starts to refurbish Dinas Powys Library & Activity Centre.

Day 1, and we're gutted! Our old counter area has gone.
Before and after:

Precision Construction have wasted no time getting started:

Library remodelling Day 1

Dinas Powys Library and Activity Centre (Diplac) is now closed for its remodelling. The library will be temporarily housed at nearby Bethesda Chapel from Mon 4 March to Sat 13 April. The remodelled library is scheduled to re-open on Monday 29 April 2019. Today, the books were being put into crates for moving across the road to Bethesda Chapel, and the contractors Precision Construction visited the site. In this first photo, from left to right, are Trustee/Treasurer Clare Richardson, Keith Hatton (Trustee and Re-building Project Sponsor/Manager), Calvin McLaggon (Business & Development Manager for Precision Construction, who are doing the work) and Trustee and DiPLAC chairperson Chris Franks.

Here are a few before shots as the library is emptied in preparation for the work. Follow the progess here over the following weeks.

Dinas Powys Library & Activity Centre to be refurbished

Dinas Powys Library & Activity Centre will close for refurbishments at midday on Saturday 23 Feb 2019. The library will temporarily re-open in nearby Bethesda Chapel on Monday 4 March, until Saturday 13 April. Thursday Coffee Morning (10.30-11.30 am), LEGO club on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, & Tuesdays pre-school Storytime (2.30-3 pm) will continue at the temporary site. The remodelled library is scheduled to re-open on Monday 29 April 2019. This blog will follow the work as the volunteer-run community library in Dinas Powys remodels itself for a sustainable future, including the addition of a function room and a coffee shop, better to fulfill its new long-term role serving the local community.