The City Council for Culture will modify the format of the 2021 edition of Art al Carrer to open it up to the participation of local associations and entities with a competition. It aims to promote local participation in an artistic activity to decorate the emblematic spaces of the old town for the enjoyment of citizens and visitors.
Although the Equality Council does intensive training and awareness-raising work throughout the year, it is in early March, with the celebration of International Women's Day, when the council intensifies its efforts with a specific programme.
Last week, work began to expand the capacity of the old municipal cemetery, creating two new blocks of niches in the lower area of the cemetery that will increase the capacity of these facilities with 64 new niches.
The works, which cost 60,938 euros, were awarded to the company Vías y Obras Aitana S.L. and have a completion time of four weeks. The project will increase the capacity of this facility and meet the needs of the population of Calp.
This week, work began on paving and lighting the D7 road, which begins at Avenida Diputación and ends at a street in the Benicolada neighbourhood. The opening of this road is crucial for the start of work on the pedestrian bridge over the N332, as it will provide access for residents of the area whose current access will disappear with the construction of the pedestrian bridge.
The City Council opens on Monday the deadline to apply for the "Paréntesis" aid of the Plan Resiste.
Calp has already approved the bases that will govern the granting of "Paréntesis" aid under the Plan Resiste promoted by the Generalitat Valenciana. The plan provides 1,545,222 euros in Calp for the self-employed and micro-enterprises affected by the Covid. To this end, the City Council is providing 231,783 euros, which is 15% of the total and complements the 62.5% provided by the Generalitat and 22.5% contributed by the Provincial Council.
The Archaeological Museum of the Provincial Government of Alicante has launched a new online education program to teach schoolchildren about the findings of the Pobla de Ifach archaeological site. Through the project, the MARQ Foundation and the Department of Culture of the Provincial Government of Alicante have taken another step in the process of digitalizing the museum's educational resources.
Since March 2020 and until December of the same year, Calp Municipality has granted €282,736 in direct emergency social assistance, which benefited 1,101 Calp families, and in the entire month of January, a total of €16,600 in emergency social assistance was granted.
The City Council and ONCE (organization for the blind) cooperate in the campaign against loneliness.
Calp and ONCE have agreed to cooperate in the "Campaign against Loneliness", a voluntary action to support and accompany visually impaired people in times of pandemic. The campaign stretches from La Vila to Dénia; in this area ONCE has 370 members with total blindness or with 0.01% severe blindness, a sector of the population that is particularly vulnerable in these times.