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- The new draft collects all the proposals presented by groups and political groups, "they have overturned the contributions of all, but without digesting, the document has no structure or analyzes anything, it is still a little worked text with many errors, we expected something better At this stage of the legislature, it seems like a grotesque innocence, "says Manuel Padín

After attending today the Municipal Council of Commerce in which it has given account of the work of the commissions of work of Commercial Dynamization and has been delivered a new draft of the plan of commerce for Cartagena and the proposal of the second phase of pedestrianization of the Historic Center, the spokesman for Citizens, Manuel Padín, has indicated that "although it is soon to assess the new draft that we have been given, at first glance it bothered us to find many correspondence errors, for example, there are proposals from Citizens that they have been badly awarded to the local MC training as the strategy that we have proposed to boost the image of small businesses and our commercial offer through the Port Authority in its dimension of cruises and Port of Cultures ".

For Cs, the new draft neither analyzes nor selects any proposal, "they have only overturned all the contributions of groups and political groups and grouped them into blocks, there is no analysis, no investment plan, it is a tumult that confuses more than it clarifies, a disconnected undigested jumble that does not define a path, something that is more typical of a storm of ideas prior to the writing of a draft than to an actual draft. "

"We have gone from a plagiarism to an orgy of titles of proposals without order or concert, it seems a grotesque nonsense," laments Manuel Padín.

In addition, we think it is disrespectful that this draft erroneously identifies our Municipal Group as 'Citizen Movement', "it is an error and I suppose there is no bad intention, but confusing the entire commercial sector of Cartagena, naming us as a training populist is something that bothers us, "explains Padín.

Pedestrianization proposal

Citizens have nothing against this European and national trend of increasing the square meters of pedestrianization in the centers of large cities, on the contrary, we think it is desirable and essential to improve mobility and quality of life but it has to be done " with the maximum consensus and with a good planning ", Manuel Padín has defended that he remembers" the enormous time that has been lost to reach an agreement with the affected merchants, the PSOE has had more than three years to work in this sense ".

Citizens considered very incongruous that a few days ago, the mayor of Cartagena affirmed that he was not going to "make the mistake of starting to say streets, without first seeking agreement with the interested parties.That already happened to others in the first phase" and today have given those names in the proposal of the second phase of pedestrianization of the Historic District (San Vicente Street, Duque, San Francisco, San Antonio el Pobre, San Ginés Square), without having reached any kind of consensus.

"We also find it abhorrent to convene the trade council to discuss this, and have previously announced that it will take the pedestrianization that she wants to the 2019 budget," says Padin who states that "here the order of the owners does affect the product" .

The 26 proposals of Cs

The orange training highlights the need to perform an analysis of the current situation of trade in Cartagena, including a study of commercial spaces that distinguish areas of high commercial density that need a boost, "it is planning the desirable territorial balance of the commercial distribution in the municipality and identify the so-called commercial gaps to act with determination before the closure of businesses in the same urban area, "says Padín.

For Cs, it is also key to add permanent and updated indicators on shopping trends and habits among cruise passengers, international, national and regional tourists, and Cartagena residents.

The orange training also proposes the updating and development of some ordinances that are not contemplated in the draft of the trade plan, such as the one that regulates the public ornamentation that does not exist in Cartagena, the one of labels of 1994 or the one of outdoor advertising that is of 1988 and only regulates signage.

One of the most notable absences of the previous plagiarized draft of the PSOE was the lack of a firm commitment to promote the external and internal promotion of trade, "in this sense, Cs has managed to include the development of a strategy that, together with the Port Authority and Port of Cultures, impel with strength and continuity the image of our commercial offer ".

In this strategy, Cs proposes that a commercial attraction strategy be designed for the thousands of cruise passengers who visit us every year, "Padín reports.

On the other hand, Cs considers it imperative to promote, increase and improve the insertions and communication campaigns in the media, (traditional and digital), aimed at a national, international and regional target.

Cs agreements included

Some of the plenary agreements promoted by Cs are in the draft as the recovery of the Book Fair of Cartagena, the Week of Small Commerce, the preparation of the candidacy of Cartagena as Spanish Capital of Gastronomy, the plan of shock for the recovery of the Gisbert Market, or the project to guarantee the generational replacement of our traditional stores.

Other Cs agreements that directly affect the health of small businesses in Cartagena, Manuel Padín recalls, and which are also included in the project, are the shade plan in public spaces, the increase in public sources of drinking water, the installation of urinals public, the installation of free wifi zones and solar chargers, the review and optimization of collective transport services, the urban art in free spaces, the rationalization and schedule of the garbage container system, the improvement of accessibility ... " We cheat, we can make all the plans we want but if we do not have an attractive, safe, friendly, clean and connected city, the small business will remain stagnant under minimums, "warns Manuel Padín.

Other of the most outstanding proposals of the orange training is the creation of a true digital platform and applications for mobile to give visibility to small businesses, "in this portal should be included all the relevant information of our shops and for our shops (news of interest on trade, advice aids, maps with geolocation, list of businesses broken down by sectors with search engine ...) and a database with a census of empty premises so that potential entrepreneurs can easily consult these business opportunities ", explains Manuel Padín.

Web and training, business intelligence

Finally, Citizens understands that in addition to professional advice and the implementation of new technologies in the shops it would be useful to provide municipal technicians with tools and spaces to receive up-to-date and specialized information on matters that affect or directly or indirectly affect small businesses. ;

regulations, subsidies, updated management models, promotion mechanisms, procedures for requesting regional, state and European aid, or new funding channels.

"From our perspective, it is about boosting commercial intelligence, improving the communication channels between merchants and the City Council, as has been done in other territories such as Navarra, through the periodic exchange of information (monthly bulletins with news of interest, good practices , updated legislation and regulations, holding explanatory days), and everything channeled through the Local Council of Commerce ", explained Manuel Padín.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena