Reclamation of the Sin of Crotone, the Chamber of Commerce’s commitment to the development of the territory

The operational meeting on the reclamation of the SIN took place in the Pitagora room of the Chamber of Commerce of Catanzaro, Crotone and Vibo Valentia – Crotone headquarters, with the participation, among other authoritative presences, of the extraordinary commissioner of the reclamation of the SIN of Crotone, Cassano and Cerchiara, general Emilio Errigo. The debate, promoted with the aim of sharing information and proposals for quicker planning of the activities to be undertaken for the reclamation of the Crotone area, was particularly lively, thanks to the interventions of the participants who provided important food for thought. The work was introduced by the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Catanzaro, Crotone and Vibo Valentia Pietro Falbo and, followed by institutional greetings from the provincial councilor Raffaele Gareri, the mayor of the Municipality of Crotone Vincenzo Voce and the vice-president of the Emilia chamber of commerce Walnuts. Among others, Eng. also spoke. Francesco Suraci of the National Urban Planning Institute – Calabria section. All those present, trade associations, professional associations, trade unions, media bodies and individual citizens expressed their commitment to collaborating to support the remediation process and, above all, to speed up the implementation times of the planned activities, in the belief that 2024 may it be the decisive year for the reclamation of the former industrial sites of Crotone.

«The city must be respected and reclaimed» these are the words of commissioner Emilio Errigo. «My task is to coordinate and accelerate the administrative processes for the environmental recovery of this territory that I particularly love. I am working synergistically with the institutions but it is necessary to all team up together, to bring Crotone back to life – continued the commissioner – in the belief that together we will win and it will be a victory of civilization.” «Today Crotone must undertake a new path, which must be able to combine the reclamation, environmentalisation, redevelopment and regeneration of contaminated areas» added the vice-president of the chamber of commerce Emilia Noce. «In this perspective, I am sure that all together, institutions, trade associations, professional associations, trade unions, research bodies and all stakeholders, we will provide, each with their own skills, a dutiful contribution, supporting all actions that can lead to the economic and social recovery of our territory”.

«I greatly appreciated all the qualified interventions that followed and above all the common message received: let’s free Crotone from waste, let’s enhance our territory, let’s support our entrepreneurs and our businesses» declared the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Pietro Falbo. «This is the decisive moment to act and start again. We have an expert guide, a man of great sensitivity, who loves and respects Calabria, our commissioner Errigo whom I thank personally and on behalf of the chamber of commerce. The Chamber of Commerce shows full availability and collaboration in all initiatives to be undertaken, we must all go in the same direction, because only by working together, local authorities, the business system and all interested stakeholders will we obtain the much desired results essential for economic and social development of our territory.”