'Reimagine Headford' Receives National Backing

A project to develop Headford's main street has received backing from a national initiative established to revitalise local areas.

Along with three other nationwide projects, 'Reimagine Headford' has received funding from the Irish Architecture Foundation.

Fine Gael Councillor Andrew Reddington said that many community groups have been carrying out excellent and tireless work, and that the funding is the culmination of work carried out by the Headford Town Team working alongside the Headford and District Association.

Councillor Reddington believes the project will help Headford to achieve its potential.

In its proposal, Reimagine Headford said "Headford Town Team wants to create a serious conversation about the future of their Main Street – a conversation that includes everyone in the community. Their concern is that so much focus has been on traffic management rather than about living, about playing, about dwelling, about thriving businesses, and about simply enjoying their Main Street. This is a main street that should be appreciated and celebrated as an Architectural Conservation Area with most of its 18th and 19th Century street structure and sense of enclosure intact."

On their goals for the main street, the proposal reads "Reimagine Headford will pair a member of our Professional Panel with their active and creative community who are ready to try new ways of enjoying their main street, celebrating its qualities, and trialing solutions to its challenges. The aim is to work as a community to create a new vision for the street, allowing them to guide the future development of their town."