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The president of the Occitanie Region spent the day in Figeac this Thursday. On the program a meeting with local elected officials on the territory’s projects and a working meeting on the assistance provided to the major restructuring project of the Quercynoise site in Gramat.
After her last trip devoted to the viticulture crisis in the Lot, Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie Region, returned to the department this Thursday, in Figeac. His visit began with a stop at the construction site of the hall in the company of Mayor André Mellinger and Vincent Labarthe, president of Grand Figeac and vice-president of the Region in charge of agriculture. “I want to express my satisfaction with the progress of Place Carnot. The aesthetic enhancement is of very high quality and in line with all the work to develop the Lot region” welcomed the President of the Region, keen to highlight before local initiatives.
Transport, economy, environment or even agriculture, there is no shortage of files. Several projects developed in Figeacois have particularly caught the attention of Carole Delga who took as an example the launch next September of the TIL, a transport line of local interest for employees in the Capdenac/Figeac/ employment area. Cambes. “This is a subject on which I am very attached to offer carbon-free mobility to a majority of the population. When possible, it is rail but it is not everywhere and we must offer a transport solution in common. It is an exemplary partnership between Grand Figeac and the Region which should inspire other communities of municipalities.
“We help both an artisan grocer in a village and the Matière company with strategic development”
Carole Delga went to the Figeac station destroyed by a fire in 2018 and completely renovated by the Region. The rehabilitated building now houses the Maison de la Région. A working meeting was held there with the managers of Natera, the new name of the Quercynoise and Capel producer group, in the presence of Christophe Proença, president of Cauvaldor. The opportunity for Carole Delga to announce her support for the company. “I confirmed to the managers €1 million in aid for the project to restructure and extend the site, the total investment of which is €21 million. 50 jobs will be created in Gramat, this is not neutral” underlined the president of the Region, satisfied with another ongoing project promoting short circuits on production chains.
With transport and specific efforts to strengthen rail, support for entrepreneurs remains a priority clearly stated by Carole Delga. “We have supported 2,800 companies, 700 in Grand Figeac. We help both an artisan grocer in a village and the Matière company with strategic development, she assured. And 91% of town halls and communities in municipalities were helped by the Region in the Lot”. A territory that seems to tick all the boxes. “It is an area where a lot of jobs are created, where there is also a lot of work to have a quality of life. This corresponds to what we want: to stop hypermetropolisation. The Lot manages to fully achieve these objectives “.
