{"id":2867,"date":"2016-09-26T15:06:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2018-05-25T09:34:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T09:34:55","slug":"kilkenny-city-achieves-2016-tidy-towns-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=2867","title":{"rendered":"Kilkenny City retains Tidytowns gold medal for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Congratulations to the National overall winner \u00a0Skerries, County Dublin who received 327 points.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> \u00a0Kilkenny City has retained their\u00a0\u00a0gold medal in the 2016 Tidy towns competition. The Judges awarded 325 marks, an increase of four marks on our\u00a02015 result. This is just two points short of the overall winner. \u00a0Click the\u00a0 link under to see \u00a0the full Adjudication report. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Adjudication-Report-2016-Kilkenny-City.pdf\">adjudication-report-2016-kilkenny-city<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KKB chairman Peter Bluett expressed great satisfaction with the results. Kilkenny City \u00a0points increased \u00a0in four categories. \u00a0( Community Involvement &amp; Planning, Wildlife, Habitats and Natural Amenities, \u00a0Sustainable Waste and Resource Management, Tidiness and Litter Control)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This\u00a0\u00a0excellent result\u00a0places Kilkenny within the\u00a0top 5 of the\u00a0competition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This\u00a0\u00a0reflects the tremendous ongoing cooperation which takes place in Kilkenny City between community groups, residents, businesses and Kilkenny County Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2874\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tidy-towns-awards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2874\" src=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tidy-towns-awards.jpg\" alt=\"KKB Members at the Helix following the results announcement.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tidy-towns-awards.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tidy-towns-awards-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tidy-towns-awards-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KKB Members at the Helix following the results announcement.C<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the National overall winner \u00a0Skerries, County Dublin who received 327 points. \u00a0Kilkenny City has retained their\u00a0\u00a0gold medal in the 2016 Tidy towns competition. The Judges awarded 325 marks, an increase of four marks on our\u00a02015 result. 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