LABOR’S UPGRADES COMPLETE AT GISBORNE LIBRARY
Residents across the Macedon Ranges Shire can now benefit from a transformed Gisborne Library.
Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas has announced the completion of the library’s refurbishment.
Labor invested $457,000 through the Living Libraries Infrastructure Program.
The space has turned a page, transformed an accessible and future-ready community hub. Macedon Ranges Shire Council contributed $152,500 and Goldfields Library Corporation contributed $70,000.
Visitors will experience a fully reconfigured library space.
Its new meeting and study spaces will support modern ways of meeting, working, researching and learning.
Secure after-hours swipe pass access will also provide greater flexibility of library access to the community.
The library also has upgraded lighting, heating and cooling, as well as furniture upgrades for their quiet and accessible space.
In addition, the upgrades have provided a new dedicated facility to support the Gisborne Genealogical Group’s research, archives and community programs that help locals learn more about their family history.
Together these upgrades will strengthen the library’s role as a community hub now and into the future.
The Living Libraries Infrastructure Program supports Victorian councils and regional library corporations to provide high-quality infrastructure to meet their communities’ changing needs.
Funding has been provided to support projects that deliver and demonstrate benefits for the community and improve access to learning opportunities. Over the past 12 years, Labor has backed 191 library projects across Victoria with $61.6 million. Labor is helping local libraries write their next chapter. Jess Wilson’s Liberal–One Nation Coalition is reaching for the scissors – promising $40 billion in cuts.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Local Government, Tim Richardson:
“Libraries are about so much more than books – they are the cornerstone of Victorian communities.”
“Labor is backing libraries to support a culture that values reading, learning and social connection.”
Quotes attributable to Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas:
“The upgrades to Gisborne Library will provide Macedon Ranges residents with a future-ready library that better supports Victoria's modern ways of working, learning, connecting and living”.
