George Ashe Library & Community Centre — Local services in Pickering

nice area but the security on duty her name is Melanie was so full of her self. i do understand that they have policies and procedures to follow and certain restrictions. however, for her to say more than 6 times that she will have to shut down my daughter's 1st birthday party if we exceed the number of people allowed in the room is so unprofessional. we havent even started the event and she was threatening us already. also, i'm not sure about their fire safety procedures but lighting a small single candle stick for a birthday cake is not allowed according to the security. This is one of the craziest thing i have ever heard. It didnt end there. this time the security who inspected the room after our event made us clean the tape that was left from the previous party. if they check the room after each event how come they did not see those tapes on the glass wall. the security basically blamed us. i think they should make this place a museum and stop renting it out to people to preserve its prestine structure. we will never use this place because of their below standard...

In terms of the community center, I give it 3 stars. It is pretty good if you are having small events or contests, although it is still legitimately small. The capacity is around 50 people in the Paris Room & Franklin Room. I've never been in the Paris room, but looking at it from the door, it is similarly sized to the Franklin, and I am going in there in July. There is no pool or gym in there, those two rooms are pretty much everything in the community center.

In terms of the library, I give it 4 stars. It is smaller than average, but still has a lot of good books and has computers. There is a playing area for young kids. The staff are generous and super nice there. Although I didn't get anything because I don't have a Pickering library card, I did read some books inside of the library and there were a lot of books that I read and were pretty good.

In terms of location, I give it 5 stars. There is a local Tim Hortons at the same address in a different suite, as well as some other food options nearby, and Durham...

There's a large children's area but not alot of toys to entertain the little one.

Lots of books to choose from including French books. They also had lots of computer stations and an enclosed room for quiet study. They have a nice outdoor patio to get some outside air. It faces Kingston but they were able to provide some privacy with the addition of...