A plan for a £6.3 million cross community hall at the site of the former Finlay's Factory in West Belfast has been recommended for approval by Belfast City Council.
Council officers have proposed that elected representatives agree to the plan for the provision of a two-storey multi-purpose “shared space” building comprising a main hall with indoor pitches, changing and toilet facilities, kitchens and multifunctional rooms. It is planned for the site of the former Finlay's packaging factory, at the foot of Black Mountain, just north of housing at Springfield Heights and Moyard Crescent, and south of Ballygomartin Road.
Funding comes from the EU's Peace IV Programme, along with the Republic's Department of Rural and Community Development and Stormont's Department for Communities. It will be managed by the Black Mountain Shared Space cross-community association.
