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  • 1982 Group Established


  • 1989 - Group bought Codds Mill on four acres from Odlums using the proceeds of fundraising in the community. With grant aid of £100,000 from IDA, the MDA started the conversion of the Old Mill in 1989 and established partnerships with a number of other state agencies including ESB, and ANCO (now FAS). Through these partnerships the MDA was able to access finance, management staff and trainees to work on the redevelopment of the Mill building.


  • 1992 - Mountmellick Business Park was opened.


  • 1999 -. A further development of the Business Park took place when an additional Industrial Unit was built increasing the industrial space to 34,150 square feet.


  • 2003 - Museum & Conference Centre.


  • 2007 - Additional Industrial Unit was completed.

    The MDA has developed a pro-active strategy to attracting tenants to the Business Park and to developing an integrated campus approach which has led to the creation of the greatest number of new jobs created in Co. Laois in the 1990s.


    The MDA uses a multi-faceted approach which involves the following:

    Marketing available enterprise space to local, national and international clients.

    Working with potential clients in sourcing grant aid for projects through our enterprise support services, which were established during the 96 - 99 ADM funded local development programme.

    Working with existing clients in the Business Park and in the Mountmellick area to help them maintain their existing business and where possible to facilitate growth and expansion through our enterprise support services.

    Providing enterprise space at a reasonable rate to facilitate non commercial activities such as sheltered work for people with disabilities or the arts. eg. The Mill Enterprises.

    Providing services through the citizens information centre, the computer training facility and the community childcare centre.

    Identifying supports to assist the existing businesses and to encourage new businesses to locate in the business park such as modern well equipped meeting and training rooms, the use of office facilities, childcare facilities and the restaurant.







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    Mountmellick Development Association , Irishtown, Mountmellick, Co. Laois.
    Phone : +353 (0)57 8624525 Fax: +353 (0)57 8644343 E-mail: info@mountmellickdevelopment.com

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