Sea Bright church to provide temporary home for library

By GREG KENNELTY

Staff Writer

SEA BRIGHT The J.W. Ross Cultural Arts Center/Library will use the Sea Bright United Methodist Church as a temporary home until a permanent facility is constructed.

According to Borough Administrator Joseph Verruni, the church at 1104 Ocean Ave. could begin hosting the temporary library by early February, pending council approval.

[The church] has to clean out the area we are going to use, but we think we can get in there by Feb. 1, Verruni said at a council workshop meeting on the morning of Dec. 11.

The former location of the J.W. Ross Cultural Arts Center/Library, 1097 Ocean Ave., was demolished in early January after the council resolved that it would be more fiscally responsible to build a permanent location instead of repairing the old building. The facility was heavily damaged by superstorm Sandy in 2012.

The librarys books are currently in storage.

Verruni said setting up the library in the church and leasing the property would not cost much more than the amount the borough is paying for storage.

There will be some initial expenses to provide bookcases to separate the sanctuary portion of the church to the other side, he said, adding that it would amount to several thousand dollars.

But it will provide a nice area for the library, he said.

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