Carrick on Shannon Town Team Weclomes Westport Architect Simon Wall

Carrick on Shannon Town Team Weclomes Westport Architect Simon Wall

Award Winning Architect, Simon Wall, presents to Carrick on Shannon Town Team meeting on July 6th

Carrick on Shannon Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with Leitrim County Council are delighted to welcome Simon Wall, award winning architect and Westport Town Architect to its second Town Team Meeting of 2016. The Town Team are hosting its next meeting Wednesday evening, July 6th at 6.15pm in the Landmark Hotel. the purpose of the Town Team is to bring together the various actors key to the further development of the town.

if you have a business in the town or are part of a community group/Festival  in the town this is an ideal opportunity to hear what is happening on various projects to market the town, improvements in public realm and listen to  some ideas from Westport's approach to Town Development.

Town Architect to Westport, Co Mayo for almost two decades; Simon Wall is responsible for the built environment as part of the town management team. In recent decades, Westport has experienced its largest building programme since Georgian times, from Section 23 tax designation, through the ‘Celtic Tiger’ years to the present day; during this period the town has won many accolades including: three national Tidy Towns wins, and was in 2012 assessed by The Irish Times to be ‘The Best Place to Live in Ireland’.   The town is a pioneer in the development of urban and rural greenways, including the international award winning 45km Great Western Greenway linking the town to Achill Island. Simon will discuss Westport’s holistic approach to town planning.