Courtown Community Council Registered Charity No. 20043414
[email protected] Community Concerns - Courtown/Riverchapel Courtown Community Council Committee (CCC) : Linda Sinnott, Clair Swinburne, Valerie Boylan, Melanie Croce, Jeshua Taucher, Craig Lang Recent Achievements in conjunction with Wexford County Council (WCC): • Collaboration with Rory O’Mahony - Wexford Walking Trails (WWT) Slí Charman Rehabilitation o Completion of Burrow Road to Kiltennel section of the Walking Trail. Official WWT signage soon to be installed. o Monitoring/Reporting/Maintenance of this walk and the Courtown Woods Trails. • Collaboration with Michael Drea, Amanda Byrne and Liz Stanley regards completing the Pier Enhancement Plan and the recently awarded Riverchapel Linked Walkway. o This included securing letters of support from 14 local Community Groups. • Collaboration with Eamon Doran - National Parks and Wildlife Service, Rory O'Mahony WWT, Maura Higgins and Micheal Drea WCC on the future management of our proposed Natural Heritage Areas in Courtown. • Established protocols on reporting procedures with our designated Community Warden and Local Garda Sergeant. • Won second place in the Best Coastal Management Initiative in the Keep Wexford Beautiful Environmental Awards. Other Achievements • Updated the CCC Constitution. • Held our Virtual AGM in September 2020. • Various meetings with local stakeholders, An Garda Siochana, WCC, Tidy Towns Groups etc. • Well on the road to completing our Governance Code Compliance as per Charities Regulator Guidelines. • Secured sponsorship from SSE Renewables for a coin operated Tourist Telescope. Many thanks to the Council for their contribution towards the Telescope. • Design of our e-commerce website, due to launch shortly. • Proposed Visitor Centre Plan for Courtown Harbour to generate community income during the busy tourist season and to provide a social space for local people during the quieter off season.