These are projects resulting from the participation of citizen groups with special roots in the districts that have been prepared by the local action groups Integral Society for Rural Development and Campoder.
The Councilor for Rural Development in the City of Lorca, Angel Meca, reported that the City Council has requested aid to European funds for rural development (LEADER) to undertake 5 projects that the Consistory want to carry out in different districts of the municipal term.
Ángel Meca explained that in this call for aid has been requested through the local action group Integral Society for Rural Development, which belongs to the City as a partner, and whose territory of action extends to the districts of northern Lorca, as well as through the action group Local Campoder, Association for Rural Development, whose area of ​​activity is the districts of the center and south of the municipal area.
The Edil of Rural Development has detailed that all the aid requested amounts to € 161,718.08, with which it is intended to carry out a series of actions that would directly benefit 30 districts, as is the case of Doña Inés, Coy, La Paca, Zarzadilla de Totana, Zarcilla de Ramos, Torrealvilla, Culebrina, La Tova, Ortillo, Jarales, Fontanares, Humbrías, Zazalico, Nogalte, Béjar, Morata, La Escucha, Higuera Well, Parrilla, La Escucha, Almendricos, Carrasquilla, Garrobillo , Hinojar, La Escucha, Morata, Higuera Well, Puntarrón, Purias and Ramonete.
Ángel Meca has stated that the projects that have been prepared with particular attention to obtain the necessary financing are the following:
Production, recording and dissemination of a documentary film that reflects the cultural heritage of the high districts of Lorca (€ 26,000).
The object of this action will be to capture the cultural heritage of the high districts of Lorca in the storyline of a film.
This film will feature actors from the territory, serving as a source of direct information to reflect the ways of life, the role of women, ethnographic and environmental elements of the area.
This project will be an element of promotion of the territory indirectly through the storyline of the film, which will be shot in the high districts of Lorca and will include among the recording scenarios places of interest such as BIC and areas of the Natura 2000 Network ( LIC and ZEPA).
It is an innovative way to promote our territory.
The objective is to edit 500 DVDs of the assembly, which will have subtitles in Spanish for people with hearing disabilities and in English to facilitate its diffusion for tourist purposes.
Edition of a book for the knowledge, promotion and dissemination of the heritage of the high districts of Lorca (€ 17,787).
This project aims to capture in a book the wealth of cultural, ethnographic and environmental heritage of the high districts of Lorca.
For this, qualitative and quantitative social research techniques will be used in order to collect the greatest amount of information directly from the protagonists of this territory: its inhabitants.
The book will serve as a catalog to identify the elements that make the high districts of Lorca a territory with its own character.
Production, recording and dissemination of a documentary film that reflects the cultural heritage of the southern districts of Lorca (€ 10,103.50).
Due to the progressive depopulation experienced by some of the districts of this area, it is necessary to collect the cultural heritage of these territories.
For this reason, the production of a documentary film that reflects the ethnographic, cultural and environmental heritage of the southern districts of the municipality of Lorca is contemplated in this action.
This video will collect the ways of life in these districts and their transformation over time, as well as the environmental heritage of the area, making special reference to places of interest within the Natura 2000 Network and BIC elements.
The role of women in the rural world and their contribution to its transformation will be collected.
The video will give prominence to the tourist resources of these districts, especially to the beaches of the municipality of Lorca, also offering environmental awareness measures in the area.
Improvement in sports facilities in different districts of the municipality of Lorca (€ 48,788.29).
It is intended to undertake improvements in three sports facilities in the sports courts of Morata, La Escarihuela and La Campana.
The improvements that will be carried out will consist of repainting of the signaling lines, clean up of goals and basketball baskets, improvements in fencing elements and access doors to the runways, elimination of architectural barriers and improvements in accessibility to facilities , serving as an example the construction of an access ramp to the La Campana sports track.
Improvement in places, parks and their environment in various districts of the municipality of Lorca (€ 59,039.29).
The aim is to act in 4 parks and squares: in the parish park of Parrilla, next to the Guadalentín river bed, in the park next to the social center of Venta Ceferino, in the park of the Plaza Antonio Pérez Valverde in Los Jopos and in the park next to the sports track that is also in Los Jopos.
Improvements will be made to embellish the elements already installed, such as painting banks;
repopulation with plant species in the environment and in parterres;
Children's games will be installed in accordance with current regulations;
As an important novelty, bio-healthy elements specially designed for the elderly will be installed, which will be able to use these elements to improve their mobility and gain in quality of life.
This measure has been especially requested by the neighbors themselves, who, due to their age, demanded an action of these characteristics.
It will also provide both sports facilities and parks and squares subject to environmental awareness panels, which include aspects such as the existence of habitats of community interest, places of community importance, tortoise, ZEPA, or the existence of nearby archaeological sites.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca