THE Tralee community pulled out all the stops yesterday, as they welcomed the Bank of Ireland National Enterprising Town Competition judges to town.
The national competition — with a total prize fund of €110,000 — has 78 entries from 31 local/city authority areas vying to be crowned Bank of Ireland’s National Enterprising Town Winner 2017.
In Kerry, Listowel and Tralee are competing in various categories which will include regional runner-up, regional winner, city award, merit awards, national category winners and the overall national winner.
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On Wednesday, after spending the morning in Listowel, the judges visited Tralee where they met many representatives of local businesses, community groups, education providers and more in The Rose Hotel at a special ‘Community and Business Expo on Enterprise’.
They later visited the new-look Mall area of town, HQ Tralee business hub and Tralee Bay Wetlands.
By entering the National Enterprising Town Awards Competition, each town/city village/urban area has an opportunity to focus on the strengths of their town and to present their town in the best possible light with a common voice and Tralee came together to certainly do that!
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The overall winning town, city village or urban area will be awarded total prize money of €23,000, a trophy and the prestigious title of Bank of Ireland’s National Enterprising Town 2017.
We’ll find out if Tralee is one of the winners at an awards ceremony in November.
The judges will consider a range of factors which demonstrate enterprising spirit and success including local enterprise initiatives; attractiveness of the town; partnerships and reaching out; town leadership and vision; Community support and awards or recognitions that the town or city village/area has achieved. Scroll down for photos…