This article is from page 11 of the 2005-09-27 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 11 JPG
MILTOWN MALBAY received a massive boost this week after Clare County Coun- cil granted planning permission for a €4 million eTown project in the village. The Shannon Development project involves the development of 12 residential and six com- mercial business units.
‘“Miltown Malbay needs this. It’s a tre- mendous boost for the area,” Cllr Christy Curtin (Ind) said yesterday.
The elown project is part of a new con- cept for developing rural towns in the Shan- non region.
Speaking at the launch of the project, Shannon Development’s Chief Executive, Kevin Thompstone, said that all the ele- ments were now in place.
“The town plan, incorporating the 2.2- acre elown site, has been completed, broadband access has been studied and a solution identified, 12 members of the com- munity have completed training and the ‘Courtyard’ — an integrated complex of workspace and residential accommodation — has been designed,” he said.
The ‘Courtyard’ will accommodate 12 houses, incorporating ‘wired for broad- band’ office space. House sizes will aver- age 2,000 sq. ft., with business units rang- ing from 750 sq. ft. to 1,000 sq. ft.
The work-life accommodation will be available for sale and will be targeted at es- tablished businesses in the traded services sectors. DTZ Sherry Fitzgerald will act as ‘selling agents’ for all sites.