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FULL steam ahead 1s the order from the Tuamgraney Development Asso- ciation as they prepare for the judges from the Pride of Place to visit. The group are currently working hard on their power-point presentation in ad- vance of the visit on July 11.
The first meeting of representatives of more than 10 community groups who will be involved in the Pride of Place presentation was held last Thursday. The group are delighted to have been selected to participate in the project.
The Pride of Place competition is run by Co-operation North and groups put their names forward to participate but not all are chosen.
‘We put our name in the hat and it was a great surprise and honour to be nominated,” said Mary Cassidy, Secretary of the Tuamgraney Devel- opment Association.
At the meeting were representa- tives of various community groups including the basketball and hurling clubs, the heritage group, FAS work- ers, Brigit’s Garden Creche, and Tua- mgraney and Raheen Wood national schools.
The group have been gathering the “before” photos, taken when the de- velopment association set up shop 12 years ago, and matching them against photos of Tuamgraney now as part of the presentation they will make to the judges.
There has been plenty of work go- ing on around the village and envi- rons as well.
After a joint fundraiser with Scar- iff last year in a “Who wants to be a Thousandaire?” night, money was raised for a refurbishment of the me- morial garden. The finishing touches were put to a water feature allowing
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“We know what needs to be done and what we have to get ready and there’s a lot to do in a short space of time but we’re getting great support and we’ll be ready,” said Mary.