The new state-of-the-art Civic Centre at 4 Lake Street, Forster is set to be unveiled and opened to the public on October 9.
The Forster Civic Centre will be home to three community services including a new library, Visitor Centre and Customer Service Point to support the Forster-Tuncurry area.
The new Forster Library will be twice the size of the old Breese Parade site and will operate Monday to Saturday. The new Civic Centre also has several conference and function rooms that can cater for up to 200 people for community and corporate hire.
To accommodate the move into the new building the existing library will close its doors on Saturday 16 September for three weeks before reopening in the new space.
The Forster Customer Service Point will close for one day on 6 October and the Visitor Centre will operate as normal to support the busy school holiday tourist period.
All services will be operational out of their new and improved spaces from Monday, 9 October.
In the meantime, the MidCoast Council Libraries team will operate a pop-up library in Stocklands Shopping Centre between September 18 and 23.
MidCoast Council’s Manager of Libraries, Community and Cultural Services, Alex Mills, said Council has tried to limit the impact on library users by increasing the number of loans and the loan period during the relocation process.
“During the three weeks of the library move, our customers can still telephone the library team, can make reservation and drop in to chat with the team at the Stockland Shopping Centre pop-up library, and the Hallidays Point and Nabiac libraries are open as normal for any customers who need their library browsing fix,” he said.
“There is a lot of work involved in this move and this is such a fantastic new facility that will provide far-reaching benefits to the local community and right across the MidCoast.
“The new library is twice as big as the old site with a specially designed kids’ area to host story time and kids art activities, a fabulous new outdoor reading area and a great space for young adults to engage with special collections and tech. There’s even a dedicated podcast studio, there’s too many features to list.
“Our teams are very excited, and we encourage everyone to come in and have a look at the new library on October 9.”
