080309 Julianstown Ra Familiy Day
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Transcript of 080309 Julianstown Ra Familiy Day
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Julianstown and
District Residents Association
Family Day 2008
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Agenda
Quiz Activities Q+A
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The Purpose of Today
Permission
Network
Commitment
Information (2-way)
JulianstownA
Great Place to Live
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Vision
Past Present Future
Established 1890’s by Anglo Irish aristocracy
Estate Village
Mixed use
Residential, Admin, Industrial, Education
Local Authority Responsibility
Commuter Village
Large housing increase
Employment and services decrease
Major pressures from traffic/development
Community Lead
Sense of Place
Sustainable
Community
Focussed
Development
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Traffic
22,000 Vehicles per day 7.3 Million vehicles per year 2/3 volume of M1 Exceeds M1 in morning rush hour M1 not effective bypass No concrete plans to address traffic despite
forecast 60,000 increase in population in next 10 years
Meath County Council in Denial
Requires sustained public pressure
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25,000
25,000
Drogheda
25,000
8,000
Meath Coast
36,000
9,000
South Drogheda
20,000
1,000
Northern Environs
106,000
43,000
Area Total
Major Development areasJulianstown Area
2006 PopulationProjected Population
JulianstownPOP 600
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Noise Map
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Noise Map
Noise in Julianstown is off scale Levels injurious to health Council legally obliged to
engage in public consultation; draw up action plan; before end of July 2008
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Pride of Placecommunity
working together
Heritage
Wild life and
natural amenities
The Built environment
Landscaping
Litter management
People
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Village Design Statement
Methodology based on experience of deteriorating village design in England & Wales
Involvement of Local Community in Design & ‘Change Management’
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Big Issues
Post Office School Lollipop man Old Mill
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Activities
Pride ofPlace
Village Design
Bypass Lobby
•Excellent core committee
•Good multilevel contacts with Council
•Reasonable Relationships with politicians
•Building relationship with funders
•Improve communications
•Develop network with local groups
•Expand capacity
•Expand skills/participation
•More engagement in planning process
Tidy Towns
Twinning
?
Tod
ay
Futu
re
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Skills Needed
PR
Social Fundraising
Lobbying
Web/IT
Construction
Landscape/Design
Architect/Engineer
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Thanks
City North Hotel Murphy Environmental Local Press/Radio Prizes
Black’s Garden Centre Applegreen Pat’s-Centra Supervalu-Balbriggan Tom Kelly’s Pharmacy Mary Behan Ann Woods
Meath County Council