New Library, Community Hub and Civic Square
**Feedback on the Concept Designs is now open. Residents have until COB Wednesday 8 July 2026 to tell us what you like, what we could do better, and how you plan to use the space. You can provide your feedback online using the survey.
The shop at 107 Gray Street is also open from Tuesday 9 June - Friday 19 June 2026 where residents can pop in, check out the concept designs printed in large scale, and share your feedback with staff.
Residents are also invited to attend a Community Information Session at the Hamilton Cinema on Wednesday 17 June 2026 between 6:00pm – 7:30pm where architects and staff will present the concept designs, provide opportunity to answer questions and listen to community feedback.
Click here for the survey Feedback on Concept Designs | Engage Southern Grampians
Project Details
The new Hamilton Library, Community Hub and Civic Square will bring together learning, innovation and community life in one contemporary, welcoming precinct. The Community Hub is a $34 million, two-storey, future-focused development, designed to become the town’s centre for connection, collaboration and civic pride.
At its heart will be a new Hamilton Library with dedicated digital opportunities. The design will provide for a future-ready space not just to house books, but to spark ideas, build connections and nurture belonging.
While the current Library is one of Victoria’s leading regional libraries, it no longer reflects the scale of community ambition or future needs, severely restricted in space and size. The new build will reimagine what a library can be: a vibrant civic living room for people to gather to learn, create, collaborate and importantly, feel connected.
Flexible, adaptable spaces will host programs, events and shared experiences, expanding access to education and digital technologies for youth to support future pathways.
The Community Hub will provide office space for multiple services, including Council offices and other tenants. The building will offer adaptable spaces for programs and events, improving access to educational resources and digital technologies that support lifelong learning and future aspirations. It will bring together essential services in one location, including maternal and child health and aged care services.
The Hub will create a seamless, people-centred experience through a shared foyer and customer service area for Council and tenant government agencies. Flexible shared administration and meeting spaces will accommodate a range of room sizes to support different functional and work needs.
The Civic Square will become a central, open gathering place for community events and pop-up activations. Connecting to the New Hamilton Gallery sculpture garden, it will form the heart of the Hamilton CBD, creating a vibrant, welcoming space for the community and visitors.
By investing in a new Community Hub with a purpose-built library and civic square, we are investing in the long-term sustainability, wellbeing and prosperity of our region.
