Alliance to hold public consultation event in Denvir’s Hotel to ‘Restore Our County Town’.
The South Down Alliance Party are holding a public consultation on Wednesday October 19th at 7pm at Denvirs’ Hotel addressing their ambitious plan to regenerate Downpatrick and they seek your views.
The consultation welcomes local people, community groups and businesses to give their feedback on the ‘Restore our County Town’ strategy document.
The consultation will be chaired by Alliance representatives Patrick Brown MLA and Councillor Cadogan Enright, and the panel will also include special guests Eamonn Connolly of Newry BID and Linda Beers of the Down Business Centre, who will add their experiences to the discussion.
The ‘Restore our County Town’ document drafted by Alliance following public consultations, is a plan for Downpatrick containing 25 strategic projects under four key themes:
• Economic Development & Regeneration;
• Environment & public services;
• Community, the Arts & Tourism;
• and Infrastructure.
Its top priorities include addressing some of the key issues facing the town by promoting economic development through schemes such as:
• establishing a Business Improvement District (BID),
• protecting local services such as the Down Hospital and the Downshire public sector campus,
• and investing in infrastructure to relieve congestion.
Patrick Brown MLA said: “Our plan provides a clear vision for the town and my hope is this could help shape the work of the newly established Downpatrick Regeneration Working Group.
“This document has been informed by months of discussion with the community, local businesses and other stakeholders, but this is just the first draft.
“Any plan for Downpatrick must be led by its people.
“This consultation evening is an opportunity for anyone to come and discuss Downpatrick’s future.
