1/4/14
At last Tuesday evenings meeting Margaret Long gave an update on the Region Park Trails project. All involved are very grateful to Cork County Council and in particular Engineer Vincent Florish who has overseen the spend of over €400,000 in the last 18 months. A similar amount will be spent this year and the result of this expenditure is evident in the facilities and trails now in the park. Work on a new playground and multi purpose pitch will be starting in the coming weeks. The Trails brochure has had already had a second 4,000 reprint run, kindly sponsored by the Shopping Centre and the Council and a third is being planned. Any business interested in supporting this initiative can contact Margaret at Café Chico. The Cork County Mayor, Noel O’Connor will officially launch the trails on tomorrow (Saturday 4th) at 11am, and the organisers would appreciate if any members that are available could attend to show their support. Continue reading
4/3/14
Tuesdays meeting was informative as we discussed a number of alternative suggestions and further updates on the County Councils plans for changes to the traffic lights AND now have a framework as to how we will handle our submission regarding these proposals. On the topic of our relationship with the Council, Micheál paid tribute to Harry Walsh for all of his work in relation to the BBA submission of the Draft County Development Plan. This was a very impressive document, copies of which will be made available to BA members in the next week.
4/2/14
The meeting was an evening meeting and it was held upstairs in the Shopping Centre. Partly due to the terrible weather conditions on the evening there was a relatively low turnout, however it was an opportunity for those who cannot normally make the morning meetings to express their opinions on the BBA submission to the Cork County Development Plan.
BBA Draft County Development Plan Submission Feb 2014
January 2014
7/1/14
Given that this Tuesdays meeting was the first back after the Christmas break it was a relatively quiet affair. We had a preliminary discussion on the retail promotion and it is definitely a topic that we will return to so we would welcome feedback and comment from all members, not just the retailers involved.