Regenerating Limerick
The Limerick Blogger has published recommendations that the Limerick Chronicle printed about a vision document on the regeneration of parts of Limerick. It all seems to be about tracking people, knocking houses and rebuilding. It’s going to take more than tagging, bagging and rebuilding to change troubled parts of the city. Are the think-tankers serious?
First, it’s going to take more than a bunch of houses and parks to improve some areas of the cities.?The leaked recommendations are?mostly?about worldly?things like property. Just depending on tracking young people so they don’t fall into the cracks of society is a negative way to help improve the lot of those living in these blackspots. What? So, nurturing community involvement at current levels is seen as sufficient? I’m awaiting the report to dig into this further.
Second, assuming the correct policies and funding are in place, the push to improve areas of the city will most likely take decades. Decades. Regenerating these areas is not like doing a Lego project. People need to grow into their surrounds. Respect their living space?and neighbours. And more importantly, propagate these values onto their?kids.
There is much to do. Looking forward to reading the detail in the forthcoming report.