In September a citizens’ committee was formed, “open” to participation and “open-ended” in time, which many institutions and cultural, volunteer, sport, environmental and social organisations joined; Universities also took part along with organisations involved in formative and educational activities and multicultural social growth, professional orders, ecclesiatical authorities, politicians, intellectuals, artists and people from the world of the arts, media and journalism, representatives of the wide cultural reality to which the city belongs.
The final result of the project coordinated by Federculture and Civita Sicilia instructed by the city administration, is a Dossier of Candidature which is not yet public but which includes proposals for 15 interventions of recovery and restoration which will lead to the opening of 6 sites, 12 international exhibitions, 24 festivals, 12 awards, 10 multidisciplinary projects for schools, and 45 million euros worth of urban regeneration. These are part of the three thousand pages of proposals produced by the 154 institutions, associations and individuals that contributed for over a month at the Palazzo Comunale info point.
Now we can only wait for the first verdict which the Jury will pronounce on the 18th of January 2022 and if it is positive, the definitive one on the 15th of March. In the meantime though, if the proposal isn’t just a “book of dreams”, the city can set off on this journey.
Written by the editorial team, December 2021