Eight exceptional testimonials for the presentation event of Mayor Gian Luca Zattini’s end-of-term report. the stage of the Il Piccolo theater saw, in fact, as many characters take to the stage to testify to their experience of the city in different fields. The first is the president of the Italian Athletics Federation, Stefano Mei, who defined Forlì as “a happy oasis for sport due to the abundance and quality of the facilities found”; the president of Anffas Forlì, Giuliana Gaspari confessed that she “did not vote for this mayor, but the closeness to families who have disabled children was greatly felt, especially in difficult moments like those we faced from Covid to the flood”. The director of Surgery of Forlì, Giorgio Ercolani, underlined the importance for the city of the Medicine course “which combined research with the healthcare aspect of an excellence such as our hospital, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary and needs great attention always.”
Paolo Tortora, director of the Interdepartmental Center for Aerospace Research, underlined how the Forlì aerospace hub has become an international excellence. Also on stage with them is the artisan entrepreneur Gianfranco Zozzi, whose company was flooded and then managed to restart thanks to the help of many volunteers. The young singer-songwriter Elisa ‘Monnaelisa’ Malpezzi testified to the great value for young people that the Candle Factory is.
Claudio Angelini from Città di Ebla and co-manager of ExAtr declared: “I didn’t vote for this administration, but the work carried out on culture was attentive and respectful of every aspect”. The entrepreneur Sandra Ceccarelli, CFO of Cepi, underlined the importance of training and interaction with training institutes.
The audience, which numbered around 120, then applauded the arrival of the mayor who recalled how a “small miracle” was achieved five years ago: winning the local elections with a centre-right coalition. He immediately thanked his team, from the city councilors to the aldermen, all present, recalling that “there has never been a council decision that was not unanimous”. The excursus on the five years of the mandate started from the great crises faced, from the pandemic to the flood: “There were many requests and everyone had the right to be helped, but there were moments in which we had to select, more could not have been , so great was the tragedy.”
The Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì Foundation was mentioned several times, defined as “the true secret weapon of this city”. “Forlì is a beautiful city where people live well – stated the mayor – as demonstrated by the many students who choose it after visiting it with their family”. He then underlined the 50 projects financed with Pnrr funds, the arrival of the Faculty of Medicine, the reduction of the city’s debt by 24 million euros, the payment of suppliers in 10 days, investments of around 300 million, the the increase in cycle paths, the planting of trees – “20,000 while the previous administration had planted 5,000” – the failure to increase taxes, especially the Tari “which instead increases in all the nearby capitals”. “In the future, our first commitment will be towards supporting families and the birth rate – concluded the mayor –, the security of the territory and the development of the aerospace hub”.
