Keilor will get a community hub by 2016.
The existing municipal building in Keilor will be vacated by most
Brimbank council staff, who will be incorporated into a new community
and civic centre as part of Sunshine library’s $55 million
redevelopment.
While the council intends to keep a functioning customer service
centre at the Keilor building, infrastructure and environment director
Paul Younis said a working group, including seven local residents, would
be assembled to decide how the rest of the space would be used.
“Keilor is the only one of Brimbank’s local areas that doesn’t have a dedicated community hub,” he said.
Keilor Historical Society president Susan Jennison
welcomed the idea but wants to see details. “The concern is, what is the
plan for the old shire hall and the adjoining building, which is the
library facility?” she said.
The council last week released a preliminary concept design for Sunshine’s new community and civic centre.
It hopes to finalise plans early in the new year and the building is scheduled to open by the end of June 2016.
Council chairman John Watson said more than 400,000 people visited
Sunshine library in 2012-13 and more than 12,000 people attended 674
programs.
“We will soon commence significant consultation with the Keilor
community about how the current municipal building will be used into the
future,” he said.
“Other than council retaining a fully operational customer service
centre in the building, we are very open to hearing from the Keilor and
surrounding community about their needs for community space.”
