“Ever wished you could have a say about the future of your county? Don’t complain after the plans are made, help to make them…now” says Abby McSherry, facilitator working with the new community-led planning project , called ‘This Place Matters’ starting in Dublin City soon.
Dublin City Council is in the process of reviewing its County Development Plan, this project will affect the way Dublin works and looks for the next half-decade.
“Does this place matter to you?” asks Abby, “Is the heritage, culture and environment of the heart of Dublin important to you” she continues. The reviews being carried out by the councils are open and people are invited to have their say, but many people do not feel that they know enough to make their own submissions, or do not understand the way the process works.
In order to encourage people to have their say and to enable them to learn how to use the system to develop a better future for the city and county of Limerick, ‘This Place Matters’ will start in the next week with a public meeting on the 4th March at 7.30pm in Tailors’ Hall Back Lane Dublin 8.
The meeting is being facilitated by An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, and it is hoped that after the initial meeting most of the training and communications can be carried out by email. This will keep the carbon-footprint of the project to a minimum, and will allow people to work from their homes at their own pace, while keeping in close contact with other volunteers and interested parties.
Any organisation is invited to send a representative to the meeting and individual members of the public are also cordially welcome to attend. It is hoped that a broad range of views about the environment, culture and heritage of Dublin can be bought together and put to the Councils. You will, maybe for the first time, be able to contribute to the process, and have a voice which can be heard. This will be a community- led project so that the work can be shared and people will be able to take on as little or as much as they feel able to deal with.
Further information is available by ringing Abby McSherry on 087 9598767
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