Intent: Ensure Ministers recognised the need for delivery is now urgent::Demanding Balanced Regional Development and funding that will address years of infrastructure deficits
Details: Budget Submission outlining the priorities for Letterkenny Chamber Members and the wider region
Intent: Update on Council projects that impact the business community. Get a sense of timelines for project start dates or progress. ::Inject a sense of urgency on projects. ::Update the Council on Chamber activities
Details: Meeting with Council officials
Intent: Highlight the slow progress in terms of road transport projects. Discussion on active travel routes and plans for Ten-T Donegal
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Highlight the slow progress in building of social housing and highlighting the effect lack of private development has on employers. This included not having serviced sites and the issues with Uisce Eireann in terms of the development land South of the River.
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Highlight the need to have further discussions about the sustainability of Christmas Lights Funding.
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Highlight the slow progress that we see happening. Agree a way of working together more closely and agree a positive narrative going forward.
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Establish exactly what the Council were intending to do about a dangerous derelict set of buildings on the Main Street::Impressing on councillors that progress is far to slow and that development needs to get some traction
Details: Meeting with local councillors regarding derelict properties.
Intent: Support the concept of twinning
Details: Meeting with visitors from Elizabeth Town who were exploring the idea of twinning Letterkenny with the US town.
Intent: Appraising candidates, specifically sitting Councillors on the priorities raised by the business community in advance of the Local Government elections in June 2024
Details: Local Government Election Manifesto 2024 sent to all candidates running in the local electoral area
Intent: Update on community engagement. Biannual meeting with executive and elected members. The result is that Councillors understand issues pertinent to the town centre.
Details: Letterkenny Town Forum Meeting with elected members and community stakeholders.
