An Economic and Spatial Plan for Limerick Appendices
An Economic and Spatial Plan for Limerick Appendices
An Economic and Spatial Plan for Limerick Appendices
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<strong>Limerick</strong> 2030 <strong>An</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Spatial</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
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Living up to the expectation<br />
Prioritise the animation of the City Centre through improved all-year round coordination of events;<br />
definition <strong>and</strong> agreement of the ‘<strong>Limerick</strong> Experience’ of agreed quality <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>for</strong> events;<br />
<strong>and</strong> definition of the ‘<strong>Limerick</strong> Welcome’ of hosting key visits to the City <strong>for</strong> economic, media,<br />
educational <strong>and</strong> cultural influencers <strong>and</strong> target audiences.<br />
A Unified Approach<br />
Use the proposition <strong>and</strong> stakeholder engagement of this project to create a shared regard <strong>for</strong> a<br />
place-wide approach to place marketing, with accountability within one single organisation,<br />
responsible <strong>for</strong> planning, coordination, leading <strong>and</strong> alignment of all place related promotional<br />
activity.<br />
4.2 Target audiences<br />
<strong>Limerick</strong> engages with a wide range of audiences on a daily basis but this place marketing<br />
strategy <strong>and</strong> plan prioritise the specific audiences that <strong>Limerick</strong> needs to influence so that activity<br />
can be appropriately targeted.<br />
There<strong>for</strong>e the proposed principal target audiences are:<br />
Residents <strong>and</strong> businesses - <strong>Limerick</strong> City <strong>and</strong> County<br />
Residents <strong>and</strong> businesses of wider Mid-West <strong>and</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Tourist visitors to the west coast – domestic, European <strong>and</strong> International<br />
Potential economic investors <strong>and</strong> corporate transfers, as part of inward investment<br />
strategies<br />
Opinion <strong>for</strong>mers in the local <strong>and</strong> Irish media<br />
4.3 Objectives<br />
The specific objectives of the place marketing strategy are:<br />
To create buy in <strong>and</strong> support from key organisations to the aims <strong>and</strong> objectives of the place<br />
marketing strategy;<br />
To directly influence the future communications of organisations to deliver a consistent <strong>and</strong><br />
coherent message about <strong>Limerick</strong>;<br />
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