Place. Commercial investment in the city centre is promoting the city as a competitive location for international financial services; • Progress in developing a 6,000 seat Cork Events Centre, with potential to deliver 200,000 visitors into Cork on an annual basis; • Progress on the Cork Science and Innovation Park; • Progress on the delivery of the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy, which will facilitate re-location of port activities from the docklands, allowing regeneration processes to advance. A maritime city steeped in heritage, Cork has significant urban and cultural tourism assets and lively festivals, placing it as a prime city break destination and quality of life destination to live and work. Sports, recreation and amenity is supported as a city-wide attribute. Economic and social regeneration in disadvantaged areas is important so growth and prosperity in a rising city is socially inclusive, providing opportunities and enhanced quality of life for all. Active regeneration initiatives are ongoing, especially driven through the LECP, Local Community Development Committee and RAPID initiatives. The MASP supports a healthy, living and working city centre that is the economic, social and cultural heart of the Cork Metropolitan Area. Regeneration and consolidation of the city centre, new urban quarters in the Docklands and consolidation of the suburbs and will drive this role.
accreditation an international award for excellence in the evening and night time economy of the city; • One of 12 cities globally, and three in Europe, presented with the inaugural UNESCO Learning City Award in 2015; • Under the EU’s Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor, in 2017 Cork was ranked first in European medium- sized cities for cultural vibrancy and cultural venues and facilities and is ranked within the Top 5 for human capital and educationandopenness, tolerance and trust; • Voted the third Friendliest City in the World by Condé Nast Travellers 2018. Other signals of confidence, including projects supported under the NDP, include: • Continued initiatives to improve the public realm, public transport and more sustainable accessibility to the city centre; • Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project; • New acute hospital for Cork and Cork University Hospital Phase 2; • Investment in the Crawford Art Gallery, a significant cultural asset of the State; • Recent completion of Páirc Uí Chaoimh; • Advancement of developing Ballincollig Regional Park, Marina Park and Tramore Valley Park, regional scaled recreational assets; • Increased pace of development in private sector development in the City Centre including One Albert Quay, Navigation Square, and Nano Nagle
Cork MASP Policy Objective 2
e. Seek investment for the enhancement and refurbishment of existing public buildings as a driver for private sector development e.g. English Market. f. Seek to achieve High Quality Design to reflect a high-quality architectural building stock in all urban quarters. g. Seek delivery of a network of large city parks and smaller green areas throughout the metropolitan area and inner-city areas. h. Strengthen Social and Community Development. i. Support active regeneration initiatives that are on- going, especially driven through the Local Economic Community Plan, Local Community Development Committee and RAPID initiatives. j. Seek investment towards initiatives that tackle high housing vacancy rates and seek conversion of vacant stock to active housing uses. k. Support investment in strategic national innovation enabling assets within the city, specifically the expansion of Tyndall National Institute to the North Mall and the development of UCC’s new Cork University Business School in the city centre.
Cork City Seek delivery of the following subject to the required appraisal, planning and environmental assessment processes. a. To strengthen the consolidation and regeneration of Cork City Centre to drive its role as a vibrant living, retailing and working city, the economic, social and cultural heart of the Cork Metropolitan Area and Region. b. Seek investment to achieve the infrastructure led brownfield regeneration of the Cork City Docklands and Tivoli as high quality, mixed use sustainable waterfront urban quarters, transformative projects which set national and international good practice standards in innovation, green and quality design, exemplary urbanism and place making. c. Seek investment to achieve regeneration and consolidation in the city suburbs. Seek high quality architectural and urban design responses to enhance the uses of the waterfront and all urban quarters. d. To strengthen the attributes and opportunities for the city centre, including transformative initiatives such as the City Centre Strategy and other initiatives as identified by the City Development Plan (existing and future).
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