The Community Vision for Garristown is an opportunity for those who live, work or regularly visit Garristown to come together in the development of a plan for the future of the village.
A community team in partnership with Garristown Community Council have commissioned a team of consultants to deliver this project across the Summer of 2025.
The outcome of the Community Vision will be used to fulfill the requirements of an EU-Funded SMART Village Plan for Garristown. For more information on the project, what a SMART Village Plan is, the teams involved and how it relates to wider initiatives, check the project FAQs.
How to Get Involved!
The aspirations and ideas of Garristown locals are central to the development of the Community Vision.Our second round of engagement to hear from residents in-person ran from 8th-13th June, but this doesn't mean you missed a chance to provide your thoughts!
The booklet we used to lead discussions during our June engagement can be downloaded below.
We invite you to read this at your leisure, and welcome your thoughts on our initial understandings from the online survey, to sense-check our initial findings and make sure we’re on the right track.
You can use the link below to submit a response until the 20th June, after which responses will close but the booklet will remain available for download.
The first stage of the community engagement process was a public survey, which invited general thoughts and ideas on Garristown, and informed the first steps of the project. This survey closed on the 19th May. We had an outstanding response rate; all comments were incredibly useful, and your thoughts and ideas are going to be crucial for our work over the coming weeks!
We aim to be back in Garristown in August, for another sense-check, this time of the draft Smart Village Plan document. We look forward to seeing you then!
Help us Spread the Word
We want to hear from as many people who live, work or regularly visit Garristown as possible, to make sure that the community’s ambitions and needs are at the heart of the Community Vision. Please share this project with your family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and community groups in Garristown, and encourage all to get involved!
You can share this website or the online survey link directly, and also download a poster for the project below! We’d love you to print this out and pin it up anywhere you think is a good location – perhaps a communal reception, community noticeboard or shopfront window to name a few?
Click here to download our poster
