Work starts on regional library in Gosford
After years of planning and several location changes, work finally began on the regional library in Donnison St, Gosford, with a sod turning ceremony on Tuesday, January 16. A regional…
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Work on regional library to begin at last
After years of planning and several location changes, work is finally set to begin on Tuesday, January 16 on the regional library, to be located in Donnison St. An officially…
Regional library a step closer
The Regional Library to be based in Donnison St, Gosford, is a step closer, with Central Coast Council accepting a tender from North Construction and Building for an upper limit…
Regional library still on agenda despite tender setback
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart is hopeful we will have a new regional library by the end of next year, despite another delay in the tender process. With only…
Do we really need a $30M regional library?
Forum – It is difficult to believe, with swinging cuts to every kind of service being announced (Chronicle p8 Mar 31), that the plan to construct a white elephant regional…
Is the Administrator from a different planet?
Forum – Can someone help me understand why in the midst of a financial crisis the (Central Coast Council) Administrator is planning to spend approximately $28M building a regional library?…
Regional Library to go ahead
Despite its financial woes, Central Coast Council is forging ahead with plans for the Gosford Regional Library and is set to lodge a development application to the NSW Department of…
Projects valued at $65M have been cancelled, deferred or reduced
Plans for a Regional Library in Gosford have been put on hold as Central Coast Council adopts deferrals, cancellations and cutbacks to dozens of capital works projects in the face…
Full steam ahead for regional library
It’s full steam ahead on a regional library for the Gosford CBD, with designs almost complete and a development application to be lodged with the NSW Department of Planning within…
Libraries are much more than books
[Forum] I write in support of the forward thinking proposal to build a regional library in Gosford. Modern libraries are about much more than books. They are resource centres, study…
Council forges ahead despite division on Regional Library
Plans are forging ahead for a Regional Library and Innovation Hub in Donnison St, Gosford, but not all councillors are on board. Lead consultants for the project, Lahznimmo Architects, were…
Secondary school college to make way for regional library
ET Australia is making plans to relocate its secondary school college to make way for a regional library planned for its current site at 123 Donnison St, Gosford. Map shows…
Weekly news wrap 5@5
5@5_20 March 2020, The week’s must know news stories from across the Central Coast; COVID-19, New Clinics, Economic Stimulus, Regional Library, Greyhound protests, Women’s Rugby, Avoca Kayakers , Mariners play…
Regional Library to proceed but not until 2021
Central Coast Council is moving forward with the Gosford Regional Library and Innovation Hub at the Parkside site, Donnison St, Gosford, but construction is not set to start until 2021….
Cultural Precinct is one step closer
A regional library and a regional performing arts centre (RPAC), with combined, but not yet disclosed, construction costs of up to $150m, will be built in a new cultural precinct…
Councillors fighting to uphold community’s preference for regional library
The community’s preference for a regional library integrated with a-grade commercial space may be upheld when Central Coast Council votes on the matter on May 28. On April 11 the…
Regional Library plans on public exhibition
A 28-day public exhibition period will commence on February 18 to give the community an opportunity to consider two options for the development of the regional library in Donnison St,…
Put the regional library where decision making takes place
When I hear the term ‘the scenic Central Coast’ on Radio Five-O-Plus’ history segment, I wonder when that term was first used to describe the area. It is certainly not…
Preferred location for a Regional Library and Learning Centre announced
Central Coast Council announced, at its February meeting, that the Parkside Building on Donnison St, Gosford, is the latest preferred location for a Regional Library and Learning Centre. Council considered…
Regional Library has funding shortfall
Has the Gosford Regional Library ever been anything more than just another cynical thought bubble by a blundering Gosford Council? Put aside for a moment the question of whether emerging…