Call to help Blackrock keep Tidy Towns status

Blackrock Tidy Towns are urging people to rally to help the seaside village keep it's gold medal status in The Tidy Town's competition.

The National Tidy Towns judging season is due to begin from the start of June and Blackrock is currently the holder of a gold medal and is county winner in the competition.

John Horan of Blackrock Tidy Towns said: “We hold the position of tenth in the national standing, out of 884 entries, and second in our category.

“Residents are asked to bear in mind that the adjudication is based on all aspects of Blackrock, not just the work of the tidy towns committee.

“Marks are awarded under eight headings, community, streetscape and public spaces, nature and biodiversity, sustainability, tidiness and litter control, residential streets and housing and approach roads streets and lanes.

“Quite a wider variety of headings to show performance under.

“It is testament to the strong community spirit in the village as well as the commitment of many that such success has been achieved.”

As Blackrock looks forward to defending their title in the coming season people can help by:

- Keeping boundaries well presented, paint walls, control weeds.

- Cutting back growth where it impedes pedestrians on footpaths.

- Avoiding the use of weedkiller, it’s bad for biodiversity and brown patches look unsightly.

- Assisting neighbours who might be elderly or unable to maintain their property.

- Considering coming out on our evenings of action (every Monday, meet at the Sundial 7.00pm, except bank holidays)

- Presenting your bins carefully, especially the green bin. See that the lid is secure and nothing can be blown out or that birds can’t attack it.

“Thank you for continuing to support your community”, John concluded