OCTOBER 2006

Moville Selected for grant by HEART Project

Anne Molloy Development Officer, on behalf of the DARD/Border Action Partnership, has been in touch with North East Inishowen Tourist and Development Company Ltd., to inform us that an Information Session will be held Monday 6th November in Moville Community College at 7:00 p.m. The Project Manager, Kevin Wilson and Co-ordinator, Richard Gibson will both attend the meeting to provide information and answer questions.

The Strabane Donegal HEART Project (Heritage Environment Arts Rural Tourism) is a cross border initiative which aims to regenerate rural towns and villages on both sides of the Strabane/ Donegal border.

The Programme will run until June 2008 and is co-funded by DARD and Border Action through Measure 1.4 of the Interreg IIIa Programme, International Fund for Ireland, Donegal County Council and the private sector. The total cost of the project is €2.5m

A total of 7 towns / villages in Donegal have been selected:
v Ballyshannon
v Ardara
v Raphoe
v Ramelton
v Lifford
v Ballybofey/Stranorlar, and
v Moville.

These towns are designated Heritage Towns. The project has 3 strands:
v Environmental Improvement Scheme (up to €60,000)
v Heritage / public arts and signage
v Shop front improvement scheme (grants of up to 40%).

Moville is the only town in Inishowen to be selected and its heritage relates to the emigration that took place from here.

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