New projects in Jurmala

This year Jurmala City Council has submitted two projects to receive financing from the European Regional Development Funds.

On 2 September the project "Aspazija's house renovation and its effective use for tourism development" has been submitted by the society "Aspazija's heritage", Jurmala City Council's co-partner. The Project aims at strengthening and making new possibilities to maintain the historical wooden architecture and popularizing the literary heritage of Aspazija (the most popular poetess of Latvia) in Jurmala.

Also, on 5 September Jurmala City Council submitted a project "Renovation of the historical hall of Dzintari concert hall, development of new tourism projects and reduction of tourism seasonality in Jurmala city" to the Central Finance and Agreement Agency. It is planned that after the renovation work, there will be places for approximately 600 to 650 persons and it will be used for culture events all year long.

Moreover, another important project is united beach-rescue (life-guarding) system development in the Baltic beach region. The aim of this project is to offer the safety on the beach, promote the development of united rescue system, and increase cooperation between patrols. The partner of project - Jurmala City Council (lead partner), Liepaja City Council, Saulkrasti City Council, Palanga City Council, Klaipedas City Council, Neringas communal concern.

Co-financing part of Jurmala is EUR 213 590 and total financing is EUR 53 397,50. The accomplishment period of this project is 24 months (May 2005 until August 2006).

Another interesting projects is: "Family Recreation Park in Jurmala". Recently Jurmala City Council has approved a detailed plan of the recreation park in Dzintari. The total area of the park is to be 131 108 square metres and it will be financed from the funds of Jurmala City Council. The area will include the information centre, an exhibition hall, a cafe, rental centre of sports equipment, a sightseeing tower, mini-golf and street ball courses, a Skate Park, a roller skating track, a playground for children and public conveniences. The parking lot will be able to take up to 151 cars. The park is anticipated to open within 6 months.

And the second project - the owner of the water amusement park "Nemo" company "Nemo Real" has planned to build a new large-scale recreation centre near the presently resting area. It is planned that the recreation centre will include the closed skiing park available also in summer. Additionally there will also be a hotel with conference halls and a shopping centre.