Submission on Masterplan for the Abbey/Creative Quarter

I feel that the plan overlooks a considerable opportunity for Kilkenny. The site has been used as a brewery for centuries and had multiple owners over the time. To ignore the process of brewing from the master plan is to risk losing Kilkenny’s place as a global centre of brewing. We have the opportunity to use this heritage and grow it for considerable social, cultural, heritage and economic benefit for Kilkenny. Including the siting of a brewery within the plan is paramount to harnessing this opportunity.