Find the mayor who will love his city

On Monday, he attended the training “Public Control in the Sphere of Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage”. It was held by the Higher School of Urbanism named after A.A. Vysokovsky. There were specific cases.

As an example, I will give a case with a small Volga city of Elabuga, which receives more than 300 million rubles a year from tourism. It all began in 2001, in preparation for the 1000th anniversary, which was celebrated in 2007. It was decided to bring in the facade of the old buildings. No sooner said than done.

Result. The number of tourists in 2003 is 1,600 people, in 2014 already 277,000 (!!! and these are only registered thermal excursions). To the direct question to the mayor of Elabuga (he served from 1999 to 2010, now the rector of Kazan University), how they succeeded with the current legislation and a total lack of money, he replied: “Everything is simple. You just need to love your city and make it convenient for your children and grandchildren. ” A stunningly simple recipe.

In total, 184 houses were put in order, of which 6 monuments of the federal, 106 regional and 72 local significance. Many houses now have museums, hotels, cafes and other service organizations.

Looking at a good example of neighbors, you already perceive the words of Nikita Belykh about domestic tourism and 1% of the GRP of the Kirov region. The point remains small - to find a mayor, who is not in words, but in fact will love his city.

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