Press Release – For Immediate Release – 5^th March 2015

Carlow County Council, together with Carlow Local Community Development Committee, is seeking your views on the key priorities and opportunities for Carlow over the next six years. We want to hear from you, whether you are an individual citizen or part of a community or cultural/sporting organisation, a business, a public body or minority group.

Your views are being sought as part of the process for the preparation of a six year Local Economic and Community Plan for County Carlow. The Plan will be developed for the purposes of 

• The promotion of economic development
• The promotion of community development 

The Plan aims to improve the well-being of the people and economy of Carlow through enhanced strategic planning, better targeting of resources and more meaningful impacts for local communities. It will provide the strategic framework for all publicly funded economic, local and community development programmes in the County and for the development of Carlow as the social, cultural and economic capital of the region. The Plan will include measures to tackle poverty and exclusion and to develop opportunities for enterprise and employment, training and education, community wellbeing, rural and community development, local infrastructure and services, tourism, cultural services, innovation/R&D, natural resources, agriculture, and the promotion of Carlow.

“Full participation by community, cultural, educational, sporting/recreation social, commercial and economic interests will result in a strong plan”, stated Michael Brennan Chief Officer of Carlow LCDC, “that reflects the real needs and priorities of the people of County Carlow, so make sure your views are heard early in the process by making a submission in respect of this strategic plan for Carlow’s future”.

For relevant documentation click the links below

FULL LECP DOCUMENT FINAL

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For further information:

Michael Brennan,                       

Chief Officer,

Phone: 059-9172474

E Mail: mbrennan@carlowcoco.ie

Web Site: www.carlow.ie