15/01/2018
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Clarkeville Art and Flowers, Palmerstown wins Best Designed Shop Front Award 2017
South Dublin County Council is delighted to announce that Clarkeville Arts and Flowers have been awarded €1,000 in recognition of the work undertaken to upgrade the shopfront design of its business premises at Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown Village.
The award for Best Designed Shopfront was in addition to a grant received to co- fund the improved shopfront design as part of South Dublin County Council’s Shop Front Grant Scheme 2017. The objective of the grant scheme is to promote high quality shop front design standards in our local villages and town centres and to create an attractive setting in which retailers can establish and develop successful businesses.
On Friday 12th January 2018, the Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Cllr. Paul Gogarty awarded representatives from Clarkeville Art and Flowers with their prize. Mayor Gogarty said “I am very pleased to present Clarkeville Arts and Flowers with their cheque for €1,000 for the Best Designed Shopfront Award 2017. Stewarts Care are an in integral part of the local community and the building has a long history in Palmerstown Village. The Shop Front Grant Scheme provides an opportunity for local businesses and retailers to preserve and enhance our village centres, making them more attractive places for people to live, work and visit”.
Speaking on behalf of Stewarts Care Ltd, Suzanne Keena, Manager of Clarkeville Art and Flowers expressed her delight at being awarded the Best Designed Shopfront Award 2017. “The Clarkeville building represents an iconic and cherished image in the heart of the village in Palmerstown and the award made it possible to lovingly restore the shopfront to a standard befitting its historic location”. Stewarts Care were represented at the presentation by Dean Rock, Fundraising Manager, Helen Brown, Clarkeville Art and Flowers, Padraig Traynor, Technical Services Manager and Seán Priestley Executive Director, Corporate Affairs.
Further Information:
South Dublin County Council’s Shopfront Grant Scheme provides grants for something as simple as painting a shop front and replacing signage, to replacing an entire shop front. Grants are available for up to €8,500 to a maximum of 50% of overall costs. Furthermore, a prize of €1,000 is awarded annually for the Best Designed Shopfront under the scheme.
Details of the scheme including terms and conditions and online application form for 2018 will be available shortly on the Council’s website at http://www.sdcc.ie/business/enterprise/business-support/shop-front-grant
Please email econdev@sdublincoco.ie or contact ph: 01-4149000 ext. 4631 with any queries regarding the Shop Front Grant Scheme 2018.
Image 1 – Image of Shop Front- Clarkeville Art and Flower, Palmerstown Village
Image 2 – L to R:Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Cllr. Paul Gogarty, Frank Nevin, Director of Economic, Enterprise and Tourism Development, Dean Rock, Fundraising Manager, Stewarts Care, Padraig Traynor, Technical Services Manager, Stewarts Care.
South Dublin County is one of four local authority areas in the Dublin region.
South Dublin County Council provides and funds a broad range of services including housing, roads, walking and cycling routes, parks and playgrounds, libraries, sports facilities, litter control, arts centres, enterprise units, fire services, community infrastructure and financial supports. It also serves as a platform for local democracy with 40 councillors spread across six electoral areas.
Bounded by the River Liffey to the North and the Dublin Mountains to the South, the County lies 16 kilometres south west of Dublin city centre and has an administrative footprint of 223sq. kilometres. The County has nine main villages Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Templeogue, Saggart, Rathcoole and Newcastle and is bounded by adjoining counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin City, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire.
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Image of Shop Front- Clarkeville Art and Flower, Palmerstown Village