Castlebar continues to thrive and grow as a business town to the benefit of the business commpunity. There are, however, a number of challenges facing the town which have to be addressed in order to ensure that the town will continue to prosper in the future.

Some of these challenges include:

Adequate car parking	Proposed car parking charges
Traffic management	Access to Castle Street Car Park
Street Lighting on Main Street	Access roads to the town
Development levies	Rates increase
Waste management	Refuse charges
Pedestrianisation	Town enhancement
Derelict buildings	Clean environment
Adequate infrastructure	Balanced retail development
Taxi ranks	Loading bays
Town Development Plan	Christmas lights
Falling manufacturing employment	Business training needs
Crime and vandalism	Detailed map of the industrial estates

The Chamber of Commerce is fully committed to meeting these challenges but to do so it requires the full support of all the business community.

A meeting is being held on Thursday 3rd March 2005 at 8:30 pm in the Imperial Hotel, Castlebar. The purpose of the meeting is to ascertain the support of the business community for the work of the Chamber of Commerce and to outline how the Chamber proposes to meet the above challenges.

You can show your support by attending the meeting. If you are unable to attend but wish to support the Chamber Commerce in this important work please email us with your contact details.

Pat Murray
President
Castlebar Chamber of Commerce