Tidy Towns Categories
Community - Your Planning and Involvement
This category is all about ensuring that we work together as part of a single community.
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Collaboration with other groups in our community.
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Planning our groups activities, prioritising and maintaining a 3 to 5 year plan.
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Keeping our community up to date on Tidy Towns activities and how to get involved.

Green Spaces & Landscaping
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ï‚·Planning a planting programme.


Nature & Biodiversity in your locality
​This category is all about how we understand, protect and
enhance nature and biodiversity in Milltownpass for the
enjoyment of the entire community.
Activities as part of this category can include:
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ï‚·Completion of our Community Biodiversity Action Plan.
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ï‚·Awareness events focused on nature.
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ï‚·Mapping habitats and species in our area.
Sustainability - Doing more with less
​A relatively new category to the Tidy Towns Competition, this category is concerned with how we try to minimise our use of all resources within the community to reduce our
environmental impact.
Activities here can include:
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Supporting and developing a circular economy.​
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ï‚·Using recycled materials vs purchasing new.
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Sharing tip and information to support community.


Tidiness & Litter Control
Typical actions taken under this category include:
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Management of litter through regular clean ups and patrols.
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Taking part in national campaigns such as the National Spring clean, leave no trace etc.
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Working in partnership with Westmeath County Council on anti-dumping initiatives.
Residential Streets & Housing


Approach Roads Streets & Lanes
Activities we undertake here include:
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ï‚·Maintaining a clean presentation of approach roads.
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Working with Westmeath Westmeath County Council to extend footpaths, public lighting etc.
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Highlighting defects that need to be addressed and improvements that are required.