City Centre Management Group
Who We Are
Waterford City Centre Management Group (CCMG) is a proactive partnership involving a range of economic interests from the public and private sector and was established by Waterford City & County Council in June 2013.
The primary purpose of the CCMG is to assist in the co-ordination and place management of the city centre and to promote the city centre as a location for investment.
The CCMG also :
- Provides a mechanism for economic stakeholder engagement.
- Prepares the City Centre Management Plan
- On-going monitoring of the implementation of the Plan
- Conducts a quarterly and annual Health Check for the city centre
- Co-ordinates activities with the Destination Waterford City Tourism Committee
Membership
Membership of the CCMG is drawn from the Local Authority and different economic stakeholder groups operating within the city centre and is chaired by Michael Quinn, Metro Manager, Waterford City & County Council.
- WCCC: Michael Quinn, Director of Economic Development & Metro Manager
- WCCC: Cllr Frank Quinlan
- WCCC: Cllr Eamon Quinlan
- WCSP: Sean Aylward, Community Safety Partnership Chair
- WCQ: Katherine Collins
- Visit Waterford: Tina Darrer, Dooley’s Hotel
- Car Park Operators: Brian Moore, Port of Waterford
- Retail: Denis Carroll, City Square
- Retail: Kathleen Fitzgerald, Georges Court
- Waterford Chamber: Gerald Hurley
- Waterford Business Group: Michael Garland
- Night Time Economy & Purple Flag: Jim Gordon, Revolution
- An Garda Síochána: Sgt Maureen Neary
- Estate Agents: Keith Palmer, Palmer Auctioneers
Vision for Waterford City Centre
The vision for the city centre is outlined in the Waterford City Development Plan as:
“The development of a compact, accessible and vibrant city that is a destination in its own right; that offers a unique, distinctive and diverse range of independent, national and international retailers to serve the needs of its regional catchment and that is developed fully in accordance with its designation as a Gateway city.”
The City Centre Management Plan (CCMP) focuses on placemaking to ensure that Waterford City centre is a viable, sustainable and attractive place where people want to live, work, play, shop, study and visit.
The CCMP is part of a suite of local strategies and plans prepared by Waterford City & County Council. As an operational plan, the CCMP will contribute to the delivery of objectives in these plans and strategies:
Waterford City & County Development Plan 2022-2028: The vision in the Waterford City & County Development Plan is that ‘By 2028, Waterford City and County will have continued to grow and will be evolving to become an even more attractive, prosperous, resilient, and sustainable place, anchored by Waterford City and Metropolitan area as the Regional Capital, a University and Learning City, and an economic driver for the region. It will be the best City and County in which to live, learn, visit and do business”.
Waterford Local Economic and Community Plan 2023-2029: The current LECP has as an objective to ‘Create urban centres which offer a choice of attractive, high-quality places, centred on the human scale and accessible to all’.
Waterford Council’s Climate Action Plan 2024-2029 sets out how Waterford Council will work collaboratively with organisations and groups to facilitate emissions reduction and by adapting our current infrastructure to be resilient to extreme weather and help deliver on Waterford’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality. Climate change is a cross-cutting theme in this plan.
Fáilte Ireland’s Waterford Destination and Experience Development Plan (WDEDP) 2024-2028: This five-year sustainable tourism plan for Waterford focusing on new product and experience development opportunities and building on existing tourism projects. In relation to Waterford City the focus is on strengthening the appeal of Waterford City as a year-round tourism destination and role as key accommodation hub to be a gateway to the county’s coastal and rural experiences.
