€15 million fund to revitalise rural towns and villages announced
Scheme encourages projects to upgrade shop fronts, investment in green spaces in town centres
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Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, launching a €15 million fund to help regenerate rural towns and villages. PICTURE: Rory Geary Photography );
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Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys has announced €15 million in funding to help revitalise rural towns and villages post Covid-19.
The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is designed to breathe new life into rural communities - making them more attractive places to live, work, socialise and raise a family. The initiative is a key part of Our Rural Future – the Government’s five year strategy to revitalise rural Ireland. The measures that will be supported by the 2021 Town and Village Renewal Scheme include:
New fund to tackle dereliction in rural towns and villages
The Government has announced a €15 million fund to revitalize rural communities, especially tackling vacancy and dereliction.
Mon, 03 May, 2021 - 06:30
Aoife Moore, Political Correspondent
The government has announced a €15 million fund to revitalise rural communities.
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, says the 2021 Town and Village Renewal Scheme will improve towns and villages post Covid-19, making them more attractive places to live, work and socialise.
The initiative is a key part of Our Rural Future the Government’s five-year strategy to revitalise rural Ireland.
It aims to tackle the issue of dereliction in town centres by turning vacant properties into remote working facilities and digital hubs.
Our Rural Future: €15 million fund to revitalise rural towns and villages
Grants from €20,000 to €500,000 available under 2021 Town and Village Renewal Scheme
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Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, launching a €15 million fund to help regenerate rural towns and villages. PICTURE: Rory Geary Photography );
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Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys has announced €15 million in funding to help revitalise rural towns and villages post Covid-19.
The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is designed to breathe new life into rural communities - making them more attractive places to live, work, socialise and raise a family. The initiative is a key part of Our Rural Future – the Government’s five year strategy to revitalise rural Ireland. The measures that will be supported by the 2021 Town and Village Renewal Scheme include:
Race is on in Laois to get funds for the revamped Town and Village Renewal grant scheme
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Plans are already in place to turn Borris-in-Ossory courthouse into a remote working hub and community centre );
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The gun has been fired on the race to become one of just eight projects in Laois that will get a share of more than €1 million that is potentially available for renewal projects.
In a change to the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, one project in Laois will get €500,000 toward the cost of a large project - more than double what the highest cost project would have got in previous years.
The measures that will be supported by the 2021 Town and Village Renewal Scheme include:
Tackling dereliction in town centres,
Turning vacant properties into remote working and community spaces,
Supporting local authorities to run innovative marketing campaigns targeted at attracting remote workers to their county,
Investing in green spaces, parks and recreational amenities,
Upgrading and improving shop fronts and streetscapes on main streets,
Projects that support and enhance the night-time economy and add vibrancy to town centres.
Launching the scheme, Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys said: As part of the â¬15 million fund I am announcing today, I want to see innovative and exciting projects coming forward that will make a real and lasting difference in our rural towns and villages.