Calpe Town Council, through its Department of Social Welfare, has promoted various initiatives at the La Casa Roja family respite centre, which cares for people with cognitive degeneration problems. The improvements include planting trees to provide natural shade for the grounds and plans to widen the perimeter pavement to facilitate mobility for users.
Friday, 22:
• From 5pm to 8.30pm – Blood donation day. Calpe Red Cross headquarters (C/ María Jorro, 1. Local 10).
• From 6pm to 1am – Craft markets. Calle Alemania (Arenal-Bol beach) and Plaza Mediterráneo (Fossa beach).
• 8.30pm – Summer concert by the Colla de Xirimiters del Carellot. Plaza de la Villa.
• Balconadas in the historic centre of Calpe. Purísima, San José, Justícia and Dos de Mayo streets and Mosquit, Miguel Roselló and Plaza de España squares.
Calpe Town Council has published on the State procurement platform the tender for the drafting of the Calpe Housing Plan, with a budget of €48,400 and a completion period of seven months.
Last Saturday, the Auditorium of the Casa de Cultura in Calpe became a musical epicentre for film and soundtrack lovers, thanks to the concert ‘Made in Spain 3’, the highlight of the seventh edition of the prestigious SONAFILM festival.
Calpe Town Council, through the Department of the ‘Building Europe with Local Councillors’ (BELC) project, Twinning and European Funds, aims to promote the participation of local associations in European cultural exchanges. To this end, European grants are being sought, such as those from the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), which will enable local groups to cover the costs of initiatives of this type. These procedures are already at an advanced stage.
The mayor of Calpe, Ana Sala, has sent a directive to the Human Resources department to draft technical and administrative specifications for hiring a service to monitor and track sick leave recorded at the Calpe City Council. The document also establishes that the service will be for two years, with the possibility of extension.
Friday, 15:
This week, Calpe's Department of the Environment has begun cleaning up the Quisi and Pou Roig ravines, specifically in the area around the Casanova bridge towards the sports area. The aim is to have the ravines clean before the autumn rains and prevent possible flooding.