How important is local trade?
The sweat of the brow of small traders and owners of shops and companieswho invest effort and sacrifice in their business.
In small realities like Gorla Minorethey become points of reference fundamental for communityoffering services and that welcoming smile that it makes a difference, perhaps for just one elderly person.
With the desire to celebrate all this, it was born years ago Open Shopsan event that returns again this year to revive the municipality of Valle Olona.
Throughout the day there will be via Roma and via Vittorio Veneto closed to traffic and you can walk around the town between refreshment points, musical performances, association stands and above all traders’ stalls. There will even be hairdressers cutting hair in the street, performances by young dancers and unmissable moments like last year, when a young drummer enchanted all of Gorla.
Botteghe Aperte is therefore transformed into a colorful and lively way for remind citizens of all the activities present in the town and how simple it can be to find everything you need from buy a stone’s throw from home.
«This year Botteghe Aperte returns with even more meaning – he underlines Mauro Elzipresident of the “Gorla working” (the association that organized the event in collaboration with the municipal administration) – Some businesses have closed and others are not sailing in great waters. In addition to the celebration and the possibility of being together in the street, the day is an invitation to the people of Gorle to leave the house, for get to know the associations present in the town and above all for meet traders and local entrepreneurs, who are committed every day.”
