Town Centre First – Suite of Supports 2024
This was the first call for funding in 2024 with the TCF Suite of Supports replacing supports previously available for the development of TCF plans, town health-checks and the Project Development Measure (PDM) through the Town and Village Renewal Scheme.
These measures will complement other funding initiatives within the Department, including the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and the Rural Regeneration Development Fund and will ensure resources are effectively allocated and provide clear support to local communities and town teams in leading the revitalisation of their towns and villages. Offaly County Council were successful in securing funding for the following projects:
Measure 1: TCF Town Team Support Fund
€10,000 awarded to both Kilmalogue and Daingean.
This funding will be used to help support the following:
* Establishment of town teams where they are already not established and support capacity-building activities for town teams that are established/at an early stage of development (for example via targeted training/ mentoring, communication and consultation/community engagement initiatives); and
* Data collation and research which will help them to identify the key priorities for their towns and of assessing the vitality, resilience and performance of town centres in order to develop high quality project applications for available funding schemes.
Measure 2: Town Centre First Plan
€30,000 secured for Ferbane towards the cost of appointing suitably qualified urban led-design team to prepare a Town Centre First Plan.
The focus of this plan will be on presenting the vision for the town, as developed by the Town Team and should clearly identify the challenges and priorities that exist for Ferbane as well as key projects and developments that may support town revitalisation. The funding may be used to procure external expertise to develop the TCF plan, utilise internal expertise within the local authority to develop the plan, or involve a combination of both.
Measure 3: Project Development Measure
€50,000 secured for Clara to engage the services of an architect led design team that will deliver a detailed design proposal and planning permission for the refurbishment and conversion of a strategically located but now derelict, former co-operative building located at River Street into a multi-purpose community space.
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