Town Centre First funding for Kilcullen

Kilcullen has been awarded €10,000 from the Town Centre First Town Team Support Fund, which is aimed at helping rural towns regenerate their centres and deal with challenges such as vacancy and dereliction, writes Brian Byrne. 

Monasterevin and Ballymore Eustace have been allocated similar sums in County Kildare. The funding is for the setting up of 'Town Teams' where not already in place, and the three Kildare communities are among 68 nationwide allocated the money.

Under the Town Centre First programme, a Town Team is described as a group of local residents, business people, community representatives and other stakeholders who come together to make their area a better place to live, work, visit and invest, and whose interventions can make positive long-term changes for the town. Such Town Teams will be supported by Town Regeneration Officers in local authorities. 

The programme is under the aegis of the Department of Rural and Community Development.

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