| 'VOLVEMOS' is a campaign focused on the economic and social recovery of the city that brings with it measures and aid in employment, commerce and hospitality, youth, sports, social policy and culture | "We return, although we have always been there." With this phrase, the presentation of the campaign for social and economic measures, 'VOLVEMOS', which the Cieza City Council is going to launch for de-escalation processes with the aim of reactivating the city, has begun."It is necessary to gradually ensure that the streets, shops, bars and restaurants, companies, services that were quarantined by decree and that Cieza's residents come back to life," said Mayor Pascual Lucas.And is that the City Council intends with "BACK" to offer citizens answers and solutions to the needs arising from the health crisis caused by the coronavirus, which has paralyzed the entire planet.
For this reason, the City Council has planned a global campaign in which all the councils are involved to apply discounts on services and rates, give direct aid to merchants and hoteliers, as well as students.'VOLVEMOS', also has a part of alternative leisure and sports activities on the street, to return to the new normality, always following sanitary regulations, since with leisure the gastronomic sector in the neighborhoods of Cieza is energized.The campaign aims, in addition to reviving the economy, the joy of citizens, without forgetting the responsibility to continue to stop the covid-19.
María Jesús López, councilor and person in charge of this initiative, has said that "it is very important for us to be able to thank the neighbors for their behavior and solidarity in this difficult situation, and what better way than by offering useful measures that help improve your day to day, where optimism and teamwork to get out of this is necessary.
" For this reason, he explained that "'LET'S GO' will lift the spirits of the green and white trees through a fresh image, in which precautionary measures to guarantee health, and socioeconomic measures to reactivate the city are the keys."The campaign consists, in addition to the approval and implementation of grants and a program of activities that can be consulted at www.volvemoscieza.es, informative and physical elements to continue raising awareness of the use of materials that protect us from contagion, such as the delivery of masks to merchants, hydroalcoholic gel for customers to apply at the entrance and exit, non-slip stickers that define social distancing, and a badge that indicates that this business is safe for those establishments that comply with sanitary regulations.The grants include initiatives to encourage local consumption, expansion of terraces in bars and restaurants in Cieza, water and sewage subsidies, discounts on the occupation rate of terraces for hotel establishments from the state of alarm until 31 December 2020, direct aid for all those who have had to close their business due to the state of alarm, university scholarships, an employment program and numerous social aids.During the following weeks, the details of the measures that each of the councils will be adopting will be disclosed so that those interested in requesting them can consult the bases and carry out the necessary procedures."We left two hard months behind, which have made a lot of difference, and have changed the way we do things, but now is the time to go back into our shops, our bars, to go back to playing sports, to enjoying music, reading, to recover training spaces, to generate employment, to continue taking care of the most vulnerable and to continue making Cieza great among all ", commented the councilor Pascual Lucas.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza