The bespoke centres will offer library and information services, community facilities and, in most cases, youth services.
They are being developed in phases across the city - with the first due to open their doors next year.
Councillor Elias Mattu, Wolverhampton City Council's Cabinet Member for Leisure and Communities, said: "The community hubs are being developed to protect our library, community and youth services in the face of swingeing Government cuts.
"Many other councils are facing up to the reality that they can no longer afford to have as many libraries or community or youth centres as they used to, and so are having to close them. We don't want to have to make that decision here in Wolverhampton.
"We were asked to do our best to protect these services and, with the help of the local community, this is precisely what we have achieved."
Around the city, community organisations, service users, council officers and architects have formed Community Design Groups which have drawn up proposals for hubs at Ashmore Park, Long Knowle, Wednesfield, Pendeford, Lower Bradley, Low Hill and Parkfields.
These proposals have now been signed off by the Community Design Groups, and planning permission was last week granted for a new link building which will form the centrepiece of the new Ashmore Park centre. Tenders have also been received back for the work which needs to take place at Ashmore Park, while interested parties have been invited to tender to for the work on the Long Knowle, Pendeford and Parkfields hubs.
Two further hubs are also included in the first phase, at Lower Bradley and Low Hill. Work on these designs is at a slightly earlier stage, though tenders for the Low Hill hub are likely to be invited in the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, discussions about the management of each hub are underway in order to identify who will run the buildings, to develop activity timetables and to determine whether any existing services will need to be temporarily relocated while building works take place at the respective hubs.
Further ahead, proposals for community hubs in the Whitmore Reans and East Park/Eastfield areas will be developed as part of the second phase of the programme.
In addition, there are plans to create 3 larger community service hubs offering a wider range of services including community facilities, information and library services, neighbourhood services, youth activities, adult education, health services and social care and family support services.
And running alongside the community hubs programme, the relocation of Collingwood Library is set to take place this autumn.
The new hubs will join the existing hub at Blakenhall Community and Healthy Living Centre, a multi-purpose centre offering library and information services, health and well being services, sporting activities, education opportunities and café. It has been well used since it opened in 2010.
Councillor Mattu said: "It really is all systems go for the development of these new community hubs.
"We faced a lot of criticism when we first outlined proposals to develop these community hubs, but as people find out more about them - and begin to realise that we are making these changes in order to protect services, rather than cut them - they are really starting to believe in the concept.
"We've already seen from the development of Blakenhall Community and Healthy Living Centre that bringing together a wide range ofservices under one roof can really work and create a facility that is well used by the whole community, and we're confident that we can repeat this success for our residents across the city.
"Members of the community have played a key role in helping to shape their individual hubs and are as determined as we are to make these new services provide fantastic facilities for our residents.
"There's a lot of work ahead of us but - thanks to the support of the local community - we've made a very good start. We will of course continue to keep people informed with progress as we move forward."
To find out more about the hubs which are being created as part of the first phase of the programme, please click on the downloads on the right hand side of this page.
- released: Tuesday 30 July, 2013