1,285 neighbors of the Barrios Altos have received counseling and family support, have participated in programs that have improved their professional qualifications or activities have benefited from the occupation of leisure.
In addition, infrastructure has improved in 59 and improved street lighting.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and Councilwoman Employment and Local Development, Lali Ibarra, presided over the inaugural session of the Commission for Monitoring the Urban Community Initiative of the Barrios Altos, which was released to groups political representation at City Hall's memory performances of 2009 by the Technical Office of Urban Management Initiative of the Barrios Altos de Lorca, as well as forecasts for this year.
This technical report concludes that the districts of Lorca received during the past year an investment of 5,720,139.58 euros, of which 3,746,095.48 euros were allocated to the development of programs aimed at improving urban habitat and 1,974. 044.10 euros for the implementation of measures under the program of integration and social cohesion.
Of these amounts, the city of Lorca has contributed € 1,660,419.21, while that have obtained grants worth € 4,059,720.37 Feder Funds of the European Union (through the Urban Community Initiative) and Government through the Regional Cooperation Agreement for the Improvement of Infrastructure of the Barrios Altos.
Specifically, in the neighborhoods of San Lazaro, San Juan, Santa Maria, San Pedro, Calvary and the area of Barrio de San Cristóbal included in the Urban Community Initiative has addressed the basic infrastructure improvement of 59 roads, of which to December 31, 1920 are completed, 14 were ongoing and 25 are satisfied.
In addition, there have been 6 little squares.
In 2009 have also been awarded the works of underground waste containers of 29 urban and 4 were acquired dashboards to improve energy efficiency in these neighborhoods.
Similarly, in the street were demolished three houses Moriscos, municipal property that were in ruins, leaving the site ready to build, was carried out works to improve accessibility in different parts of the Barrios Altos and was eliminated overhead wiring for lighting public streets 9.
With the same objective of improving the urban habitat has done a geotechnical study to indicate the procedure for the screening of Calvary Viejo.
Social intervention and specialized training
Also, Francisco Jodar has stressed that "in total 1,285 citizens of the Barrios Altos have received counseling and family support, have participated in programs that have improved their qualifications, or have benefited from activities for the occupation of leisure."
For example, co-financed by ERDF part of the program Urban Initiative has undertaken projects: Paid (school support to students from 1 st to 6 th year of the schools in the area), YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD (pursued by the professional qualification of young under 25 years in painting and improving the urban scene) and the project HALL (recreation and leisure through flamenco theater workshops for area school).
Also, have launched two projects aimed at promoting employment of leisure and free time are the Summer School Barrios Altos and Community Intervention Cañada de Morales (with courses on personal hygiene, children's painting, sports shop , adult literacy, ...).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca