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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 32

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive to provide information on the Council’s plans to safeguard and promote the County’s urban villages, including the potential to involve local community, business and cultural interests in those plans.

REPLY:

There has been a significant programme of investment in the physical public realm of the urban villages in the County over recent years. In conjunction with these works and as an element of engagements with retailers, a shopfront grant scheme has been in operaion over recent years. The shopfront front scheme is intended to improve the appearance of independently owned shops fronting public streets, making our streets and villages more aesthetically pleasing to both residents and visitors.  Throughout the county we have wonderful examples of traditional shopfronts, well designed shopfronts and displays which make the street scape a more attractive and inviting place to shop and do business in.

The Local Studies section of the Library service has identified extensive material on the history and culture of the villages and this material has been utilised in the design of local walks and trails.

These inititatives will continue to be developed and rolled out in the Counrty.