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St. Catherine’s Park Development Master Plan We Need Your Help!

St. Catherine’s Park Development Master Plan We Need Your Help!. The Project. Playground BMX track Dog run Fishing pond New pathways Seats and picnic benches Re-fit of public toilets. Overflow car park Directional signage Tree planting Bulb planting Demolish and rebuild stone wall

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St. Catherine’s Park Development Master Plan We Need Your Help!

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  1. St. Catherine’s Park Development Master Plan We Need Your Help!

  2. The Project • Playground • BMX track • Dog run • Fishing pond • New pathways • Seats and picnic benches • Re-fit of public toilets • Overflow car park • Directional signage • Tree planting • Bulb planting • Demolish and rebuild stone wall • Woodland management

  3. Playground • Following extensive consultation with • local children, design elements agreed: • Large tower with slides • Jungle play area • Zip lines • Large maze • Timber play equipment, woodchip surface • Play features incorporating water, sand, stones, & tree trunks • Junior and senior play zone

  4. Overflow Carpark/Toilets/Seating • Provision of additional toilets in Sports Pavillion • Installaton of 10 picnic seats • 11 other seats throughout park • 5 timber seat along woodland walk • 6 steel & timber benches in north of park • 10 bins • Overflow Car Park • To cater for 120 cars • Close to old courtyard • Coffee shop & art/crafts shop envisaged for courtyard in the future

  5. Fishing Pond & BMX Track • BMX Track • First combined BMX, dirt and pump track in Ireland • Competition level BMX course • Designed in conjunction with BMX Ireland • 2 Acre Fishing Pond • 20cm to 1.5m in depth • Natural shape/contours • Fed by park drainage and drainage link from Royal Canal • Safe for people of all ages

  6. Bulbs & Tree Planting • Significant additional planting in Northern part of park • 350,000 bulbs to be planted large masses • Daffodils, Camassias, & Alliums • Tree planting in North of park also • To provide shelter & interest • Tree avenues to be planted: Japanese flowering Cherries, Limes, Chestnuts and Weeping Willows

  7. Derelict buildings • Old Cottage and former Storage Yard • To be demolished • Stone to be crushed and used as fill for car park • Site to be incorporated into dirt track trail • Old Church • Found to unsafe and has been fenced off • Temporary measure • Work to undertaken to make building safe • This will not be a refurbishment

  8. Woodland Management 51 dangerous trees to be removed along the walkway 100 Sitka Spruce to be removed as thinning operation

  9. Development Costs

  10. Funding Requirement • Dept of Finance have ruled: • “There must be Local Community Group involvement in the project in question – at least 5% of the cost of the project must be provided by the Community Group in the form of cash.” • 5% = €32,892.34 We need your help to raise €32,892.34

  11. Project Structure * Rules of funding as dictated by Dept of Finance require that: There must be local involvement via a Local Community Group Laraghcon Residents Association have volunteered become the local community group sponsor to enable project to proceed St. Catherine’s Park remains a public amenity for the benefit of West Dublin and Kildare and Meath.

  12. Funding Options • Residents of Lucan, Leixlip and beyond • Corporate Sponsors • Intel, Hewlett Packard, Banks • Local businesses • Fund Raising Events • Golf Classic Friday 12th April at Westmanstown • Gala Dinner Friday 12th April at Westmanstown • Event in St. Catherine’s TBC • St. Patrick’s Day Collection Sunday 17th March • Bag Pack in Supermarkets TBC • Church Gate Collections 15th/16th/17th March

  13. Funding Options • Corporate Sponsorship • Fingal looking to install signage in central area • Playground – with standard signage (see below) • Sponsored benches and picnic tables – with plaques also • Commemoration trees – with plaques • 3 year sponsorship terms

  14. Donation & Contact Details

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