Draft Community Plan to be launched

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The first meeting of the interim Fermanagh and Omagh Community Planning Strategic Partnership Board took place on Thursday 8 September 2016. / Credit : http://www.fermanaghomagh.com

A plan designed to address key priorities in local council area for coming years to be launched later today.

A draft Community Plan is to be launched later today at the Bawnacre Centre in Irvinestown.

It's been put together by representatives from the public sector as well as business and community organisations.

The groups got together last month to put together the plan that's been designed to "improve public services" and "make a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and visit" the Fermanagh and Omagh area.

It's hoped long-term plan will address key priorities across the council district in the coming decades.

A Partnership Board, chaired by Sinn Fein councillor Thomas O'Reilly, and made up of community, voluntary and business sector representatives was also put togther last month.

Councillor O'Reilly, who chairs the board responsible for steering the plan, says it's important local people "engage with the plan".

The Erne East councilman says the Plan is focused on three key areas: people and communities; the local economy and skills; as well as the environment.

After today's launch the document will be put to public consultation for 8 weeks. With workshops and consultation events scheduled to take place across the district.

LISTEN: Councillor Thomas O'Reilly, chair of the Fermanagh and Omagh Community Planning Strategic Partnership Board, explains the "ins and outs" of the draft Community Plan and its importance to the local area in years to come..

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