The result of the first phase of the project has been more than satisfactory and can be verified by visiting the streets Álamo and Almirate Antonio Aguilar, as well as other spaces of our historical center aesthetically.
The good reception of LAP causes that owners of shops and buildings already have been in contact with the City council and with the Union of Merchants to extend the initiative
The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, together with the Director General of Commerce, Consumption and Administrative Simplification of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, Francisco Abril, Councilor for Commerce in the Municipal Consistory, María del Carmen Ruiz, President of the Center Antonio Martínez, and the Youth Council President, Ricardo Trapero, have supervised this morning the "Lorca Art Project" (LAP) initiative, a project that is bringing together trade, urban art and the youth groups through the embellishment of the facades and blinds of different urban spaces.
It has the subsidy of the Integrated Plan to Promote Retail Trade launched by the General Directorate of Commerce.
Fulgencio Gil explained that "the LAP was celebrated last Sunday, decorating various spaces of the City's Historic and Urban Shopping Center. The result has been more than satisfactory and can be verified by visiting Alamo Street, Granero Street and other areas of our The Lorca Art Project was built in the center of the city, with a total of 14 commercial buildings and façades, and today we visit one of the largest spaces to be decorated as this facade is in full Lorca Plaza. Plaza de San Vicente ".
The Mayor of Lorca has indicated that "this project has been a success and in just a few days has achieved the recognition of many Lorca. Today our historic center has improved, has been embellished thanks to these works of art and has been launched an important line of work for the improvement of an area essential to our city, which begins the course with new energies thanks to this initiative and the opening of the Market of the Sun. "
Gil added that "from the Consistory we will continue to promote the activity and for this we have signed an agreement between the City Council, the County Trade Union and Youth Council to continue promoting the same and take it to other neighborhoods of Lorca. it should be noted that since Sunday the first phase of the initiative has been developed, many owners of shops and buildings have contacted the City Council and the Merchants Union to participate in new editions. "
The First Edil finally wanted to thank "the Autonomous Community, specifically the Directorate General of Trade for its financial support to make it possible, the Regional Trade Union for its work of coordination and development, the Youth Council , by the impulse and the creativity that they turn in all its projects, this included, the owners of shops and buildings that have allowed to turn them into canvases for the art and, finally to the authentic protagonists of the initiative: the artists. LAP is a success is thanks to them, their creativity and their ability to express themselves through graffiti. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca