Signed, sealed and delivered.
The Renfrew Public Library just sent in its application for an Infrastructure Canada grant, which its anticipated massive renovation is hinging on.
Chief librarian, Kelly Thompson says she’s already gotten an early feel for what the renovations will look like, as the library had to hire Toronto architects to whip up preliminary drawings.
She promises the designs will still honour the building’s heritage aesthetic. “You can’t take a 100-year-old building and make it completely modern.”
Renovations will cover the adjacent building, which will house the children’s library on the main floor, while the upper floor will be used as a meeting and programming space.
Meanwhile, workers will blow out the walls on the main floor of the original Carnegie building, exposing its interior bones to the outside on Raglan Street.
The pending grant would cover 80 per cent of the estimated $2.9 million project cost, which if on track, is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
