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“As we highlighted on the occasion of the meetings held on 1 June with all the candidates for the office of mayor, five years of great challenges await us in which all the active protagonists of Bari must make their contribution so that we move towards the sea of eco-sustainability, sustainable and a series of actions that allow us to bring prestige to Bari from a commercial, tourist, artisanal and industrial point of view”, the hope of Dr. Vito D’Ingeo, president of Confcommercio Bari-Bat. “As the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella remarked – he continues – on the occasion of the annual assembly of Confcommercio, the reflection initiated by Confcommercio in the Cities project is urgent: it would be serious to resign oneself to decline and the depopulation of people and shops in the villages must be avoided because Italian beauty and culture need living places, given that they make a substantial contribution to the ‘sense of Italy’”. Confcommercio underlines how urban regeneration represents a crucial issue for the development of cities and the reduction of internal inequalities. It is essential to regenerate and safeguard the tertiary economy, which is fundamental to the quality of life of citizens. It is necessary to adopt a long-term vision: infrastructural interventions and the capacity of intermediate bodies are needed, which can work territory by territory to counteract these trends and inaugurate a new phase of development. Strengthen the transport networks to ensure that Bari shortens the distances from the rest of the world. Making the weekly markets eco-sustainable, making them welcoming in terms of lighting, energy, toilets, which are still today at the service of citizens and especially the elderly population. The driving role of tourism which requires the development of a series of synergies that allow operators in the sector to definitively take off in our city with multi-year planning. Confcommercio has been engaged in these projects for several years and this is why it wishes Leccese the commitment to work together for our BARI.
