what ever happened to the Armagh City review? we seem to have mixed messages in the town with much money being spent to develop our Georgian image, whilst allowing new buildings in the town to be out of character, have we not learned? The town needs a vision that businesses can buy into and develop. if we are a tourist town then lets promote traditional music venues for visitors, fine dining restaurants and better parking.
Better parking, of course, would be a great help but the difficulty getting in and out of Armagh after a certain time in the evening has to be a big limiting factor. The current economic climate certainly doesn't help but, like you said, there may be hope with some sort of coherent strategy among all the stakeholders – and public! Micheal.
i would imagine that it would be difficult to gain support to restrict customers from gaining access to the town by creating further restrictions to vehicles. This wouldn't be a plan for growth. The town needs substantial free parking, this would be funded by additional rates 18 months after implementation as business would have benefited and be able to afford increase in rates. Tonight we hear business rates are to increase yet Armagh Council are not facilitating growth in the town with the result more businesses will close and they will receive less money. lack of proper planning is the issue, Armagh needs a strong plan business can get behind and this will bring jobs and increased revenue for social projects for all. failing that Armagh will struggle in the longer term.
what ever happened to the Armagh City review? we seem to have mixed messages in the town with much money being spent to develop our Georgian image, whilst allowing new buildings in the town to be out of character, have we not learned? The town needs a vision that businesses can buy into and develop. if we are a tourist town then lets promote traditional music venues for visitors, fine dining restaurants and better parking.
Hi John, it's a while ago now but there were tentative plans to pedestrianise Market Street; not sure it was widely supported however. this https://armaghi.com/news/armagh-news/plan-to-night-time-ban-all-vehicles-from-market-street-in-armagh/57238
Better parking, of course, would be a great help but the difficulty getting in and out of Armagh after a certain time in the evening has to be a big limiting factor. The current economic climate certainly doesn't help but, like you said, there may be hope with some sort of coherent strategy among all the stakeholders – and public! Micheal.
i would imagine that it would be difficult to gain support to restrict customers from gaining access to the town by creating further restrictions to vehicles. This wouldn't be a plan for growth. The town needs substantial free parking, this would be funded by additional rates 18 months after implementation as business would have benefited and be able to afford increase in rates. Tonight we hear business rates are to increase yet Armagh Council are not facilitating growth in the town with the result more businesses will close and they will receive less money. lack of proper planning is the issue, Armagh needs a strong plan business can get behind and this will bring jobs and increased revenue for social projects for all. failing that Armagh will struggle in the longer term.