2015 supervalu tidy towns competition launched
The SuperValu Tidy Towns competition for 2015 has been officially launched by Ann Phelan, TD, the Minister of State for Rural Affairs, and Martin Kelleher, managing director of SuperValu, sponsors of the competition.
Communities throughout Mayo have been called on to get involved – and, of course, Westport has been a winner of the national competition in the past, with many of the county's other towns and villages gaining high marks in recent year.
Speaking at the launch, Martin Kelleher, SuperValu managing director, said: “2015 marks the 24th year of SuperValu’s sponsorship of Tidy Towns. This is one of the longest running sponsorships in Ireland and one that we are extremely proud to be supporting, and we hope the people of Mayo will be as much involved this year as in previous years.”
Mr. Kelleher added: “Not only do we support Tidy Towns nationally, but retailers contribute a further €100,000 to committees locally.”
SuperValu plans to further acknowledge the great effort carried out each year with the inclusion of a youth category award which will recognise some of the fine work undertaken by younger committee members.
“We live in challenging times, economically and socially, but the SuperValu Tidy Towns competition demonstrates the power of local and the value it brings to our communities and our country,” Mr. Kelleher stated.
As well as the main competition there are also 10 special competitions that can be entered. Welcoming these competitions, Minister Phelan said: “These add to the SuperValu Tidy Towns competition and I would like to encourage entrants to consider entering some of them as well as the main competition.”
The closing date for receipt of entries for this year’s competitions is May 22. Entry forms to the SuperValu Tidy Towns competition can be obtained from the Tidy Towns unit in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government - telephone (096) 24309 - or by visiting www.tidytowns.ie or www.supervalu.ie. For entry to the special competitions, download an entry form at www.tidytowns.ie.