Gort Streetscape Enhancement Event

Gort Town Team and Galway County Council invite Property Owners & Tenants and tradespeople to an information evening on the Gort Streetscape Enhancement Measure 2024 in Gort Town Hall, Tuesday June 25th 2024.

Gort streetscape enhancement is one of the projects in the Gort Town Centre First plan. The key aspects of this measure are :

  • Up to 80% of grant funding per property to enhance façade
  • Open to commercial, residential and vacant premises
  • Property Owners or Tenants (with Owners Permission) can apply
  • Properties to be prioritised must be within the mapped eligible boundary.
  • Clusters or Groups of Adjacent Properties Applying is preferable but Standalone
  • properties will be accepted on a case by case basis.

Focus area:

The focus of the Gort Streetscape Enhancement Measure is to support the
upgrade and enhancement of shopfronts and street facades of defined areas in
Gort Town Centre. The scheme boundary is indicated on the map &
consists of the Market Square, Crowe Street, Bridge Street, George’s Street,
Barrack Street and Church Street. This focus area is highlighted on the map below:

Eligible Works

Notes:

  1. The maximum amount of Grant Aid available for activities listed above 3 and 4 is at 70%/80% of verifiable costs, to a maximum of €3,500 euro. This is for one individual activity or a combination of any of these type activities.
  2. The maximum amount of Grant Aid available for activities 5,6 is €4,000. This is for one individual activity or a combination of any of these type activities.
  3. The maximum amount of Grant Aid available for activity 7 is €7,000
  4. The maximum amount of Grant Aid that can be made available for a combination of activities (1 to 7 above) for one property is €8,000.

Applications:

  • Apply On Line From June 26th to July 26th 2024
  • Register on Our Submit.com site then upload photos, your details and quotes for works. Galway County Council (submit.com) https://galwaycoco.submit.com
  • Contact Galway County Council, Town and Village Renewal : Phone:
  • (091) 509396, (091) 509334 or email : tandv@galwaycoco.ie.

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Author: David Murray

David Murray is deeply involved in his community and his lead several projects around South Galway. He is an activist in progressing flood relief solutions in place for South Galway after decades of empty promises and also is involved in the development of the beautiful Gort River Walk for the South Galway/North Clare communities. He has recently been part of a successful campaign to bring a national Cycleway (Route5 is alive!) into the area and also part of a successful campaign to stop a mega-biogas plant being built in the environs of Gort and close to the Gort River. David is a Fellow in a hi-tech company called Arm.

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