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In Berceto gym, swimming pool and athletics track in the villa of the mafia

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In Berceto gym, swimming pool and athletics track in the villa of the mafia

A modern and very fast athletics track which in the afternoon will host the races of the High Speed ​​League 2022, the prestigious European high-altitude racing circuit that this year makes a stop in Berceto (Pr). The new outdoor swimming pool open to all, residents and vacationers. A fully equipped gym for leisure and fitness.

Celebration morning for the Municipality on the Parma Apennines, for the inauguration of three new sports facilities, expected by the population, which complete the equipment of facilities for physical exercise and leisure. Present, together with the mayor Luigi Lucchithe president of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Stefano Bonaccini.

The Region contributed to the construction of the outdoor swimming pool and the municipal gymnasium, inserted within the complex of Villa Berceto. And asset confiscated from the mafia in January 2012 and since then the subject of 6 program agreements between the Region itself and the municipal administration for the re-use of spaces for social purposes, with an overall commitment of regional funds for over 850mila euro.

“Sport is first of all health and a vehicle for fundamental values ​​such as solidarity and respect for the opponent – he underlines Bonaccini-, so much so that we are implementing a regional plan for the redevelopment of sports facilities with which we are financing almost 180 interventions in as many municipalities in all the provinces, for a regional allocation of 52 million euros and an overall investment generated that exceeds 120 million of Euro. Today in Berceto, however, the fact is added that sport takes the place of organized crime in structures that were previously the site of illegality. It is therefore with even greater pride that we are here this morning, in the name of the entire regional community: to reaffirm the widespread commitment against all mafias which sees institutions, citizens, social bodies together and which must be translated into daily choices and actions. that look to the exclusive respect of the laws and civil coexistence “.

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“We have greater desires than our dreams – said the mayor Lucchi– and a lot of will to make them happen. Today we present a couple of dreams that have come true with the help of the Region: the outdoor swimming pool and a newly built gym. We want to involve the Region more and more in the construction of our future, starting with energy communities and a large innovative project after the recent inclusion of our territory in the list of internal areas. The relationship and collaboration between institutions is essential to administer well and with the Region this relationship is stable, recurring and operational “.

The new structures

The athletics track, built with municipal resources, is entitled è Zaki Anwari, 19-year-old promise of Afghan football who died tragically on August 16, 2021 after trying to leave his country, clinging to the cart of an airplane. The track fits into the sports center “Chico MendesWhich also includes a grass soccer field it’s a multifunctional court, in synthesis, for training. At the moment the plant is used by Terre Alte sports clubrecently promoted to 1st category, while the Cus Parma organizes athletics courses for children.

Bonaccini and Lucchi then moved to Villa Berceto for the inauguration of the new outdoor swimming pool which resulted in a total expense of about 576 thousand eurosof which over 400 thousand of regional contributions as part of the calls for redevelopment of sports facilities. Announcements that in the province of Parma they have already allowed to finance 23 interventionsfor an allocation of the Region of about 5 million euros and a total investment of 9.3 million euros.

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In addition to a library, Villa Berceto also houses an indoor swimming pool and a physiotherapy pool particularly popular for rehabilitation. Structures, the latter, such as the brand new gym inaugurated today, realized thanks to the program agreements stipulated between the Region and the Municipality of Berceto in the framework of the regional law for the reuse for social purposes of assets confiscated from organized crime. Overall, since the legislative text was approved six years ago, the Region has intervened on 25 properties confiscated from the mafias and has allocated in total over 3.7 million eurosof which 1.7 in the three-year period 2020-22.

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