LAKEFIELD — After months of renovations, the grand opening of the Selwyn Public Library Makerspace was held at the Lakefield branch on Friday, opening up a whole new world for the township’s do-it-yourselfers.
Selwyn Township Mayor Andy Mitchell was joined by Selwyn Public Library Board members, library staff and Peterborough—Kawartha MPP Dave Smith to unveil the makerspace — the first of its kind in Peterborough County.
The makerspace — located in the former Renewed Classics store — became a reality thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund grant. Selwyn Public Library, which operates three branches in Lakefield, Bridgenorth and Ennismore, received $78,200 in provincial funding for the project after applying for the grant in the fall of 2020.
“(The funding) couldn’t have come at a better time as the impacts of the COVID pandemic were…
