Buy fish from your neighbour

The word "crisis" dominates in people's conversations. The crisis was shimmering in newspaper headlines. But what has actually happened? The Atlantic cod is still schooling in the Baltic Sea, and Klaipėda fishermen have not yet lost their ability to catch it, people still do like the fish. Shoemakers continue making shoes and nobody ceases walking; musicians still play their instruments, and citizens still like swinging to the tone of an old good melody. Only building construction has stopped. A hectic city development into agricultural land plots has gone standstill. Many new buildings that currently are empty, sooner or later will be used. Today it is easy to open a small shop of spices or a large dancing hall - premises are more than enough. Young families can find good apartments for comfortable living.

Klaipeda welcomes the 7th largest ship in the world

Klaipėda community is inter-related with close ties, and for this reason it is strong. With a successful attraction of European fundsthe city expedited the construction of public purpose infrastructure objects. Roads and viaducts are being constructed far more faster. Klaipėda continues the implementation of all earlier planned projects: the Universal Sports Complex, City Swimming Pool in Lideikio street, Conference Center in Klaipėda Old Castle Place, roads and roundabouts, a new large Cargo and Passenger Terminal, other objects of a well-grounded demand. The majority of those objects will be operated according to PPP model - thus the city will have less expenditure, whereas businessmen will work under smaller risks.

In the premises of a former school a Youth Center, based on free access, but not membership, opened the door.

The crisis did not affect grand international events in Klaipėda planned for the summer - the prestigious world regatta The Tall Ships' Races Baltic 2009 and the festival of European cultural heritage EUROPEADE, each bringing in 4000 participants from no less than 30 countries and about a million and a half guests to the city. Klaipėda invests much into tourism infrastructure - it is located on three waters with a unique landscape: the UNESCO heritage pearl the Curonian Spit; an incredibly large, protected from waves and winds lagoon: the river Dane and the Sea. An international standard marina for small entertainment ships and yachts is already operating, cruise liners bring in thousands of tourists from all over the world. Tourism market is to recover the first, and we hope to be among those who add value to travelers.

The city administration structure is being optimized and restructured - irrelevant functions are being refused, they are redistributed. The second level self governance - Regional Governor's Administration will be abolished. Klaipėda has doubled allocations for public work. A freshly launched system of electronic schedule for public transport make the citizens eagerly use it. The port reconstruction goes on, so that the largest in the world container vessels could enter it. The city life is going on in its rapid rhythm.