On October 30, in the middle of the morning, a fire in the attic of an old building in the old town of Annecy left one person dead, a 47-year-old resident, and 71 victims. Around ten homes were destroyed or seriously damaged and as many businesses were flooded and closed for a very long renovation project.
The Christmas market at the foot of the scaffolding
Marie AMELINE
“Only curious people who walk along the barricades without stopping”
A month after the disaster, life returned to almost normal but not economic activity, even for traders who were not directly impacted by the disaster and were able to reopen 8 days after the fire.
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“The hardest thing to live with is the lack of visibility”
Whether they are completely closed or open but impacted by the security perimeter around the renovation site, traders in the sector use the same words to describe their discomfort: the lack of visibility, the impossibility of planning towards a future. best.
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Marie AMELINE
Meyer chocolates in Click & Collect for the holidays
Among the stores flooded by water from fire hoses and closed for an as yet undetermined period, the Meyer chocolate factory. The old grain factory, purchased by the Meyer family forty years ago and completely renovated a year ago, is one of Annecy’s institutions. As the end-of-year holidays approach, which, along with Easter, constitute the biggest turnover of the year for chocolate sales, a solidarity network of colleagues and merchant friends of the Meyers has been formed to welcome their chocolates on deposit/withdrawal.
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Marie AMELINE
Swiss
