September | 2018 | Building Projects

The red ribbon has been cut; Vellore Village Library is officially open!

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Denise | Tagged city of vaughan, community library, new library, vaughan, vaughan public libraries, Vellore Village Library, welcoming atmosphere

It was a beautiful, sunny day to officially open the Vellore Village Library on September 22. Thanks to all of those who joined in the celebration!

Vaughan Public Library Board Chair, Devender Sandhu, engaging the crowd.

The official ribbon cutting ceremony (left to right): Aleksandra Dowiat Vine, VPL Director of Growth & Communications; Andrew Gortat, Principal Architect at ZAS Architects + Interiors; Devender Sandhu, Vaughan Public Library Board Chair; Margie Singleton, VPL Chief Executive Officer; Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua; Ward 3 Councillor and VPL Board Trustee Rosanna DeFrancesca; John Appugliesi, President and CEO of Jasper Construction Company and Lisa McDonough, VPL Director of Customer Experience.

City of Vaughan Mayor and Members of Council with the Vaughan Public Library Board.

STEAM activities enjoyed by all.

Music entertainment by Sonshine & Broccoli.

For more highlights from the day, visit VPL’s Facebook page or view our video on YouTube.

Update on Bathurst Clark Resource Library Renovations

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Denise | Tagged bathurst clark resource library, building projects, city of vaughan, community library, renovations, resource library, vaughan, vaughan public libraries

The Library continues to progress with its renovations.

From the Children’s Area looking out to main hall.

Family Reading Corner.

Children’s Pass Through.

External Book Drop.

Floor prep.

Carpet laying begins.

New hoarding going up.

Prepping the teen area floor.

A glimpse of the new tile work in lobby.

New lobby bench.

New lobby laptop bar.

Slatwall is back up in lobby.

The PwC Tower, with two libraries, now has windows

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Denise

Construction activities on the new libraries, on the first and second floors of the PwC Tower at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) site continue to progress well. With the added windows, it has a more completed look. The anticipated completion date is still targeted for Fall 2019.