The municipal administration of Reggio Calabria he titled a Umberto Babuscia the little square on the viale Galileiwhich the community has been taking care of for some time Rione Ferrovieri Pescatori. The mayor was at the ceremony Giuseppe Falcomatàthe city councilors Antonino Zimbalattiwhich had already been promoting the naming process for some time, and Franco Barrecathe president of the Toponymy Commission Domenico Cappellanotogether with family members and many residents of the populous neighborhood in the southern area.
Babuscia was a talented young footballeralways close to the problems of the neighborhood who, together with his cousin of the same name, had founded one of the first football schools for the guys. A great Amaranth fan, he passed away prematurely in a car accident in Colleferro in 1988, while going to follow a away from the Reggina.
The mayor recalled that “the Ferrovieri Pescatori district he has a footballing and sporting soul and he has found one too reason for redemption social in football. A neighborhood that will continue to live through his children who honored him, loved him and carried his name high.”
The mayor then reiterated this “citizen commitment can help the municipal administration in reporting things that are wrong or projects development for the neighborhood. Belonging is the way it goes cultivated since it makes you feel part of the same family, of a community, not only with material things but recovering your memorythe memory of someone who, like Umberto Babuscia, felt belong to this city.”
Zimabalatti then remembered the other talented footballers whose birthplace dates back to Fishermen’s district: from Pino Calabrò, Pino Praticò to Nanà Germoleo, Mimmo Tripepi, all names that have brought luster to the city.
THE next steps concerning the square, are the possibility of create a mural on the wall, which is available to private individuals, and to place rides for the little ones.
