Totana Mayor and City Council of Celebration inaugurate the celebrations in honor of San Roque
The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, together with the Councillor for Citizen Participation, Juan Carrion, and the president of the neighborhood association, Peter Garrett, last night inaugurated the Social Center in the San Roque-Las Parras, who will become the new point of meeting, training and fun of the hundreds of locals.
As explained by the mayor of Citizen Participation, the clubhouse has an area of 257 meters and has a playroom of 46 meters, a 55-meter multi-purpose room, computer room of 25 meters 28 meters meeting room, a file 11 meters, offices, toilets suitable for the disabled, among other venues.
The renovation work, carried out by local company "Brothers Palomares", located in the annexes to the square of the hermitage of San Roque next to the chapel has had a budget of more than 373,099 euros.
The Councillor for Citizen Participation, Juan Carrion, said during the inauguration of the hundreds of neighbors gathered in the plaza of the issue, that this new facility is given to fulfill a commitment of the government team which promised that all neighborhoods have a community center where neighbors could do all kinds of citizen participation activities.
In addition, the mayor said the town already has one of the best projects implemented in terms of citizen participation in the Region of Murcia with the construction of new centers and the network of associations of the locality.
For its part, the mayor stressed that this new infrastructure is a major project that will improve neighborhood relations, will help smaller tasks to strengthen education through training to be set up in the playroom.
Furthermore, we also encourage support for social partnership in the area, because from now on will have a place where you will implement their projects.
Martínez Andreo told local residents that will start operating at full capacity in a short space of time, once you make programming of activities will be aimed at all audiences.
In addition to promoting social policies such projects, in the words of City Councilman, the Consistory sets out measures to mitigate the effects of the crisis with the procurement of works that provide jobs for residents of Totana, as companies who have contributed construction and the suitability of the premises, are totaneras, which promotes the work and investment in small and medium enterprises in the municipality.
Yet the mayor, recalled that the Autonomous Community has awarded a grant to carry out the drafting of the proposed redevelopment of the square of the chapel, in the area of the pergola, which will, once the work is complete that the neighborhood has improved infrastructure.
Following the inauguration of local social, Totana Mayor and City Council of Celebration, Josefa María Sánchez Méndez, inaugurated the block parties, held this weekend.
Tonight at 23:00 will take place on festival "Saint Rock", in which local groups will perform, and tomorrow, Saturday, from 18:00 hours on the little ones can enjoy various games for children and the evening will the orchestra "Private Property."
On Sunday, August 16, at 19:00 Holy Mass will be held in honor of San Roque.
At its conclusion will be the procession, which runs through the streets The Nun, The Prietos, San Cristobal, Wood Plaza, La Monja, Ramblita, Carrasco, Garrison, Father Melchor de Benissa and San Roque.
Here are the typical guitar allocated San Roque.
The orchestra "Trailer" shall be responsible for putting the music on the last night of the neighborhood parties.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: Totana.com