Draft Report v1.0
These resonate with concerns that refer to ‘disconnection within community’, ‘not knowing your neighbour’ or the ‘loss of community’ and references are made to how these issues affect young people. Community amenities, events and transport are referenced as well as concerns over gentrification and affordability in the city. A related concern is expressed in responses around to safety and security in the city, whilst another references a hope for an ‘Integrated healthy city integrated into local environment’. Other responses related to inclusion reflect hopes and concerns for health and wellbeing for all in diverse and inclusive city. These include references to particular cohorts and their specific needs including: • people experiencing homelessness as referenced above; • people with disabilities, including examples such as more understanding, physical accessibility, not enough wheelchair access or provision for disability, or more opportunities within workplaces; • people struggling with addiction as an issue for the city the need for secure health supports such as an ‘advanced recovery academy for the city’, or ‘tackling drug use before it escalates’; • older populations and for example their needs for transport and facilities particularly to support mental health; • families and their needs; • traveller community and a need for greater solidarity from settled community; • nurturing children and young people and their needs for spaces for them to ‘connect’, to ‘be themselves’ The sense of providing a future for the next generation comes through. Getting Around – Walk, cycle, light rail and public transport A number of hopes and concerns relate to transport, mobility and getting around the City - enhancing walkability and neighbourhoods for example through bus shuttles and public transport improvements. A significant number of response hope for; more connected transport specifically including hopes for high speed rail and light rail. Cycling also features with a hope for being able to cycle without risk and hopes for the future of Cork cycling campaign. City Centre - A vibrant space for community and business There were a number of responses that relate to hopes and concerns for Cork City Centre. Concerns about a ‘dying city centre’ and hopes for its regeneration with a sustainable growth model. In particular a number of responses relate to the balance of shops, businesses and residential uses in the city centre, with hopes that more people live in city centre. Similar sentiments are expressed in concerns that Cork becomes a consumer city or a city of banks, hotels and offices. Reponses hope that it will keep character and personality as it expands and grows and related to above points of safety, that it will become a safer and more attractive place for families and older people, where concerns clearly indicate that for some people the city it is a no-go zone, especially at night. Other hope and concerns express to this sense of vibrancy as opportunities, things happening, or things to do as well as overarching aspirations such as ‘Cork will be a welcoming place’ and ‘fulfill our potential as international city’. There is hope for tourism opportunity and business diversity and concerns that there are no spaces for smaller orgs, cultural orgs, arts district. There are hopes for Docklands development, green
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