Arts and Cultural Strategic Plan
A cross-department review of strategic documents is underway in advance of a meeting to feed into a new plan in early June.
European Maritime Day 2020 Discussions are ongoing with the Commission regarding the possibility of rescheduling EMD 2020 to later in the year. A paper on the options was produced with the Marine Attacheé in Brussels outlining the options. The preference of Ireland is to reschedule to 2021 but the Commission are anxious not to disrupt the cities already committed to. Feasibility to hold at the end of the year is looking increasingly unlikely and a final decision on postponement/cancellation is to be made shortly. Culture Night Dispute the cancellation of events and closing of Cultural venues due to COVID-19, as well as uncertainly at the capacity to return to normal by September, planning is underway to host an Online Culture Night with some limited physical event.
Sport & Sustainability _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Marathon
Following on from the postponement in March of the marathon to September 6 th , we refunded another 30 entries (€1,715) in April and deferred 14 entries to 2021. Entries continue to come in, albeit in a trickle – there were 85 entries in total during April, bringing in €4,719. Following the latest government guidelines issued in April and the current knowledge about the transmission of COVID19, it looks increasingly unlikely that the marathon will go ahead in September. However, the organising team continue to monitor the situation daily and will be guided by official public health guidelines and advice. A strategy of participant engagement, focusing on physical and mental health, is currently being devised.
Smarter TravelWorkplaces – Cork Cycling and Cycling Times Map
Cork City Council and NTA Smarter Travel Workplaces have developed a handy map (available in Staff section on the Intranet and also on City Council website) showing the estimated walking and cycling times to City Hall/the city centre from Cork’s suburban areas . These estimates are quite generous and most people will be well within these times. Bus or train travel may not an option for many people. If cycling is your thing why not dust off the bike or check out getting a new one under the Bike to Work scheme. With the current good weather, leaving the car at home and taking active travel options has never been so appealing.
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