‘Town team’ to cast a good light on Enniscorthy
ENNISCORTHY & District Chamber has introduced a new initiative for the town, establishing a Town Team aimed at re-vitalising and re-awakening our urban district.
Following on from the very successful meeting earlier in the year at Riverside Park Hotel with David Fitzsimons, CEO of Retail Excellence, the Chamber’s new Town Team is a three-pronged programme comprising of Retail Offer, Public Realm and Citizen Engagement.
The Retail Offer team is made up of Declan O’Leary, Damian Byrne and Rachel Scully and covers the enhancement of vacant retail outlets and the procurement of tenants for same.
The Public Realm group is Anton Treacy, Conor Burke, Pauline Maguire and Helen Byrne with the responsibility for streetscape, foliage planting and the general image of the town.
The Citizen Engagement group is Dermot Kavanagh, Mary Hudson, Aideen Kavanagh and Fiona Keegan and involves positively promoting the town while marketing it to prospective customers.
The new initiative will begin with a concentrated focus on the core of the town at Market Square and the streets that branch from it. Street Ambassadors have been appointed as follows: Market Square and Main Street – Mary Hudson; Slaney Street and Place – Declan O’Leary; Castle Hill – Rachel Scully; Rafter Street – Pauline Maguire; Court Street – Damian Byrne; Wafer Street – Helen Byrne.
As the scheme progresses, further street ambassadors will be appointed. The Gardai, Council, Tidy Towns, E.B.A., and the Chamber all have representation on the Town Team and will all be working together to move the town forward socially, economically and aesthetically.
Any suggestions that you, the general public, may have to further enhance, improve or develop your own particular street or the town in general please feel free to contact a member of the Town Team or a Street Ambassador.
Remember the old Irish adage ‘air scaith le cheile a mhairin na daoine’ – ‘we live in each other’s shadow’.
So let’s all cast a good light on our town!