Strategic & Economic Development Tourism Outdoor Dining Grants
Cork City Council’s outdoo r dining grants scheme, funded by Failte Ireland, closed for applications on 8 October. Following a review of the 226 applications received, grants were approved for 207 hospitality businesses including restaurants, cafes, pubs, and hotels. In total some €615,000 was awarded in small grants to support the purchase of outdoor furniture, windbreakers, heaters etc to support outdoor hospitality capacity in Cork City. Elizabeth Fort Elizabeth Fort welcomed close on 2,000 visitors during the month of November. Visitors have been mostly Irish or European with 5% from the US. Staff have been active on social media with innovative posts to draw visitors over Christmas and January Climate Action Unit • Tue 2 Nov 2021 …. attended ‘INTENSIFY’ meeting on the proposed Southern Region Action Plan • Wed 3 & Thurs 4 …. attended & and presented at 2- day online ‘REACHOUT’ kick -off meeting • Fri 5 …. attended meeting to develop the Environment section of the new Sharepoint Intranet • Mon 8 …. attended ‘Climate Action Committee’ meeting #22 • Tue 9……attended meeting to plan public event on behalf of the ‘Climate Action Committee’ • Tue 9 …. attended ‘Green Public Procurement’ seminar • Wed 10 …. attended launch of national ‘Climate Conversation’ report • Thurs 11 …. attended SEAI ‘Energy Planning’ conference • Thurs 11 …. visit and present to St Vincent’s School on Climate Action and Biodiversity • Fri 12……’REACHOUT’ debrief meeting with UCC • Mon 15 …. attended meeting to develop the Environment section of the new Sharepoint Intranet • Wed 17 …. attend ‘Building Capacity Training’ for Climate Action Teams – session 1/6 • Thurs 18 …. attend ‘Building Capacity Training’ for Climate Action Teams – session 2/6 • Thurs 18 …. attend ‘REACHOUT’ General Assembly meeting • Thurs 18 …. attend ‘Energy Cork’ Steering Group meeting • Fri 19 …. attend meeting wi th ‘Cork Chamber’ to discuss upcoming Sustainability event ‘Climate action – from Global to Local’ • Tue 23 ……. identified climate action tools for REACHOUT project • Tue 23 …. attended Arts office ‘Arts & Culture Strategy Consultation’ Workshop • Wed 24 …. progress meeting with Cork Environmental Forum about local ‘Community Climate Action Programme’ • Wed 24 …. attend ‘Building Capacity Training’ for Climate Action Teams – session 3/6 • Thurs 25 … attend ‘Building Capacity Training’ for Climate Action Teams – session 4/6 • Thurs 25 …. attend ‘Energy Cork’ lunchtime briefing from dCarbon X • Fri 26…attend ‘Cork Chamber’ Sustainability event ‘Climate action – from Global to Local’ • Fri 26 …attend ‘KinShip’ Working Group meeting • Fri 26 …. attend ‘Innovation Forum’ meeting • Tue 30 …. attend ‘CARO’ Steering Group meeting Draft Cork City Development Plan Public consultation on the Draft City Development Plan is finished on the 4 th of October. Submissions could be made through the City Council’s online portal https://consult.corkcity.ie, by post or hardcopy. In excess of 450 submissions were received. Presently these submissions are being assessed and a Chief Executive Report is currently being prepared for consideration at full Council.
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