Draft Report v1.0
INSIGHTS: Assets
INSIGHTS: New Shoots
Mature and established assets to protect • Natural resources – River • Built heritage e.g. listed buildings • Existing landmarks • Cork culture • Cultural heritage • Maintain character • Neighbourhoods • Walkable city • Institutions – openness to grow • Interconnected communities • Values • Existing big employers and MNCs • Cork Harbour • Marina Market • Independent family businesses • Elderly population Patrick Street – move away from shops to community and social spaces • Structural dereliction good examples of restoration (e.g. Lapps Quay) • Protect cultural identity to be open but not becomes homogenised city
Early or emerging assets to cultivate and grow • Artist / creative spaces • Use the River – tourism and communities • Green spaces • Cultivate diversity • Involve smaller voices in inter-agency networks and education • Cross pollinating between groups/communities • Age Friendly City • Cultivate passion of cork citizens for Cork • Increase volunteerism • New governance structures in community groups • Continue to maintain reality – ask the community! • Recovery awareness • Re-imagine trade / apprenticeship • Existing food culture/business • Sustainable opportunities food and agriculture • Car free city centre • Social enterprise develoment • Funding support available for new shoots- can’t develop potential without time, investment, support • Organsiations need more core funding to increase capacity • Engage young people • Multicultural, child friendly, healthy cities • Making housing in the city accessible • Ramping up work on sustainability and biodiversity to make Cork a leader • City of Play • Water City – river transport, recreation, quays Local initiatives that have been shown to be working
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