Everyone invited for Navan clean-up day to kickstart Tidy Towns revival

Navan Tidy Towns are planning a cleanup day for Saturday 13th September following the committee’s revival earlier this month.

The meeting point for the cleanup is at Kells Road Car Park opposite the Navan Fire Station at the N51 and R147 junction and will start at 11am and continue until 1pm. Everyone is welcome to join with gloves, bags, and litter pickers being provided at the cleanup.

The cleanup is being conducted in an effort to improve the town’s standing in the National Tidy Towns Competition and the IBAL Litter League.

The Navan Tidy Towns committee was formed in Navan earlier this month and the chairman Josh Carroll and Mayor Cllr Padraig Fitzsimons have urged the public to get behind the campaign. They plan to contact various local resident’s groups, schools, football clubs and other organisations to seek their support.

"If everybody cleans up their own small area, we could have something amazing," said Josh Carroll.

The group also plans to contact Trim Tidy Towns Committee, previous winners of the National Tidy Towns competition for advice.

"We are also going to contact the Tidy Towns Group in Naas, which is a similar size town to use," Cllr Fitzsimons said.

Cllr Fitzsimons, who was elected treasurer, was pleased at the support they received from the public and from the local councillors. "It was very positive and there were a lot of good ideas.

"We will hold another meeting in September to elect the full officer board. We need the people of Navan to get behind this campaign and we hope to bring people together to work together and to instil pride in our town.

The next meeting of the Navan Tidy Towns Committee will take place on Thursday 25th September in Navan Library at 7pm.

For more information on the cleanup, Email NavanTidyTowns@outlook.com or call 0892040586.