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A request to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council for Newry City Park Stakeholders to have a site visit to the Park's Albert Basin location still hasn't been approved over a month after the request was made.
At the Newry City Park - Albert Basin Stakeholders Forum (of which Newry.ie is a member) 22 November 2022, Damian Mulholland from Department for Communities proposed a site visit be arranged for stakeholders with aim of users taking more responsibility for site plan and demonstrate options for the site. This was discussed at the Newry City Centre Regeneration Programme Board meeting 1 December 2022 and it was agreed for "Mr Mallon [Conor Mallon, Director of Enterprise Regeneration and Tourism] to consider proposition - what form a site meeting will take and what information can be released in terms of commercial sensitivity."
This comes at a time when Council have decided to change the existing stakeholder forum and are inviting community groups, sports clubs and voluntary organisations to sit on the new 'Newry City Park Stakeholder Group'. The Council are also making it a necessity for current members to re-apply for membership.
If your organisation is interested in joining the Newry City Park Stakeholder Group email council to leisureandsport@nmandd.org and ask for a Expression of Interest Form for the park stakeholder group . The completed form needs to be returned by 4pm 27 January.
