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Transformation of commercial spaces: 7 selected sites
#OCCITANIA – Olivia Grégoire, Minister Delegate for Business, Tourism and Consumer Affairs, and Guillaume Kasbarian, Minister Delegate for Housing, announced on Thursday March 28 the first winners of the Commercial Zone Transformation Plan. Of the 74 selected projects, 7 are in Occitania: Pech-Marie, in Carcassonne; Saint-Germain-Saint-Victor, in Narbonne; Euro 2000-Porta Sud in Nîmes; Cœur Valsière in Grabels near Montpellier; Ode to the Sea-Le Fenouillet and Solis-Soriech in the municipalities of Lattes and Pérols, near Montpellier; Southern entry districts – Le Montat-Labastide-Marnhac, in Cahors, and Le Muretain Agglo, in Portet-sur-Garonne, in Haute-Garonne.
RER Métropolitain: candidate for Montpellier
#HERAULT – The first meetings of urban and regional mobility were to be held this Friday, March 29 in Montpellier, both to take stock of the situation – and we know the subject back in a city often thrombosed – but also to present in the said Express service project. . Regional Metropolitan. This is part of President Macron’s desire to strengthen a metropolitan RER network in ten French metropolises. If the meeting of this Friday March 29 had to be postponed at the last moment due to unfortunate personal circumstances of the mayor of Montpellier, the schedule is still moving forward. It will be submitted this month and refined before the end of May. To stand out among the thirty candidacies that must be presented – including that of Toulouse -, Michaël Delafosse and Carole Delga intend to present a project that takes into account all mobility and finds the support of the entire territory.
Today’s figure: 15,000
#OCCITANIA – In its report, the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies underlines that salaried employment in Occitania has increased by 0.7% in a year, that is to say a gain of 15,000 jobs. Most of these creations come from industry, especially aeronautical and space construction. The Haute-Garonne and the Hautes-Pyrénées are thus pulling the Occitanie region upwards with an increase in activity of 2.5% in a year.
A school of craftsmen
#AVEYRON – To compensate for the lack of manpower, the Aveyron chestnut sector will develop its own training, from September 2024. This School of Artisans will allow training between 24 and 36 people per year to meet the needs of the numerous companies of the country. region. department. Targeted profiles? Of the “Motivated people who want to work on their way. It is not a creative entertainment training”. Adults who do not necessarily have the budget to finance training, people undergoing professional recovery or job seekers. The Region will cover the cost of the lessons (64,000 euros) as part of the Innov’emploi experiment.
Photovoltaic: the project is stopped
#HERAULT – The decision of the administrative court of Montpellier came down this Wednesday, March 26. The photovoltaic power plant project on the Arnet plateau, in Lézignan-la-Cèbe, has been signed. The justice invalidates the ordinance of the prefect of the prefecture of May 9, 2023 granting the NEOEN company an exemption from the prohibitions relating to the protected species sheltered by the site. The mayor, Rémi Bouyala, in favor of the project, remains optimistic: “It is the prefectural decree that is canceled, not the project. NEOEN should appeal. There will be a sequel, that’s for sure!”