Urban Villages - Focus Magazine

EAST BELFAST

REDEVELOPMENT OF PITT PARK

The redevelopment of Dr Pitt Memorial Park (Pitt Park) will provide a shared space for local community and visitors to the area, and it will have space to host events and activities. The upgrade to Pitt Park will support and celebrate the local culture and heritage of the Ballymacarrett area, taking inspiration from the Yardmen and Harland and Wolff shipyard. The new Park will be an attractive, safe and accessible area where families, children, and people of all ages can get active, have fun and enjoy the rich heritage of the area.

Funded by the Urban Villages Initiative working with project partners in a co-design approach, features of the upgraded Pitt Park will include: • New pathways and paving • Community container hubs • New and improved play spaces for all ages • Accessible and safe entrances

• Celebrating local culture • Preserving history and improving the physical landscape

At the end of last year there was a public consultation in partnership with the delivery partner, Belfast City Council, to hear the views of local community on the redevelopment plans. The feedback will help shape a space that everyone in the local community can be proud of.

THE URBAN VILLAGES INITIATIVE / CAPITAL SUPPLEMENT / JULY 2021