DRUM BRAE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY HUB

That this House welcomes the construction of the Drum Brae Library and Community Hub which will open to the public at the end of January 2012; notes that the centre will include a day care centre for older people as well as adult learning facilities, community information, internet access points and health information; further notes that the project was completed on time and on budget by Edinburgh City Council; believes that the new Library and Community Hub will become a focal point for the local communities of Drum Brae, Clermiston, Clerwood, East Craigs and Parkgrove; supports the co-location of community services at the Hub with housing officers, police community safety teams and others from the West Neighbourhood Team on the site; and furtherbelieves that such co-location will give greater connection between residents and those services which are most important to them.