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This project proposes the creation of a new community hub on part of the Old Junior School site, to house a new library, CAB, office space and community groups. However the recession has made this project less viable. As a result Sheffield City Council undertook public consultation at the end of November 2009 in order to inform a Cabinet report. We are still waiting for the report to go to Cabinet, which is currently expected to happen at the end of 2010. It is expected that the new hub will not go ahead but that the Old Junior School might be retained as a mixed use site with community facilities. SCF gathered nearly 200 responses to the consultation by knocking on over 1500 doors and Sharrow CAB added questions to their annual user survey. So hopefully the outcome will be positive for Sharrow. The consultation leaflet can been accessed from here
SCF has invested 5 years of work into the Sharrow Programme, which the hub is part of. This has resulted in the new Sharrow Primary School, the revamped Mount Pleasant Park, and the Lowfield MyPlace plans. SCF believes that the re-use of the Sharrow Junior school site to include a new building to house the library and CAB would benefit local people by supporting better services.
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