Venture bosses received confir-mation yesterday that the Leamington project will be able to move into Warwickshire College’s old library building – for the next six months.
The old library building, in York Road, used to be the girl’s school and arts college, but has been
unused for months, and is in need of a face-lift.
The Venture estimates it will take four to six weeks to bring the building back to life, before they can open from it, and start running their services as normal.
Claire Glasbey, marketing and events manager, said: “We are very excited about our move to the library as this allows a beautiful building to return to community use, and provides us with some fantastic space for new and exciting opportunities.
“But while this work is in progress, we will be unable to provide public access to the building until this is complete.”
A new home has also been found for Bath Place nursery, which is currently being run from Shrubland Street Primary School.
And plans to run a mobile catering unit to allow the Veggie Cafe to continue are also being investigated.
Fire swept through the Bath Place building on September 24 when work was being carried out on the roof. Around 50 people had to be evacuated. More than 30 groups used to be run from the Venture, which regularly saw up to 900 people a week come through the door.
No work has been carried out on the building since the fire, and it is not yet known whether or not it will be rebuilt.
The Venture is also asking for donations of any unwanted furniture, such as meeting room
furniture, that they could use in their new home. Call 01926 338 421 if you have something to
donate.
A Facebook group has also been set up for people to keep up to date with progress – just log in and search for Bath Place Community Venture.
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