Three appointments to understand more and better what the concrete implications of the PINQuA, the national innovative program for the quality of living, financed by the European Union. Three moments of meeting and discussion in the area to illustrate the details of interventions intended to change the face of some peripheral areas of the city of Reggio Calabria. The activity of PINQuA comes to life, with the coordination of the councilor for the “Ordered City”, Elisa Zoccali, through the planning of a calendar of meetings with the citizens.
We will leave next June 20th, from 3pm to 5pm, at the “Maria Ausiliatrice” institute in Modena, where the municipal administration will discuss the project called “BEING in Ciccarello: Social Equity, Residential Ecological Sustainability”. An intervention that will allow the neighborhood to become more accessible, safe, inclusive, sustainable and resilient in terms of social and cultural equity, personal and housing well-being and technological innovation. The amount of funding for this intervention is 15 million euros. The interventions will concern the redevelopment of the municipal building heritage and the relevant external spaces; the urban regeneration of public spaces (urban theme park); the redevelopment of neighborhood public spaces with interventions to combat climate change.
The calendar of events then includes two other stages: Thursday 27 June 2024, from 3pm to 5pm, in the training room of the local police command of Reggio Calabria regarding the R.EG.IA project (ecological requalification of large environmental interventions) in the Reggio South area. This intervention, also for an amount equal to 15 million euros, it will consist of the redevelopment of assets abandoned by the railways and acquired by the municipality; redevelopment of public spaces in the neighborhood with a major climate change intervention; redevelopment and strengthening of strategic road infrastructures and accessibility to neighborhoods.
The third appointment is scheduled for Thursday 4 July 2024, from 3pm to 5pm, at the Youth Aggregation Center in front of the church of Arghillà Sud, where the intervention “AMENOCHE” (“To extreme evils…new community organization in essential habitats”) will be presented. Also in this case the financing amount is equal to 15 million euros and includes a program of urban ecological enhancement, community welfare and essential services in the Arghillà district. There will be redevelopment interventions on the municipal building heritage and the relevant external spaces; the urban redevelopment of neighborhood public spaces with climate mitigation interventions; the strengthening of greenery and educational spaces, as well as the redevelopment of the ancient military infirmaries in the Ecolandia park.
Overall, the financing obtained for the PINQuA is equal to 54 million euros which includes the 45 million share of the amount admitted to financing, in addition to the FOI fund (Non-deferrable works fund) for an amount equal to 9 million euros.
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