Virtuous admiministration - Best practices

Virtuous admiministration - Best practices
- URP – Office for Relations with the public: December 2012. Establishment and opening of the office for relations with the public to facilitate the dialogue between citizens and administration.
- “Parco della Pace” (Peace Park): January 2013. A meeting place with a playing area for children. It was established thanks to the amount that the administration saved from the renunciation of the chauffeur-driven car by the Major. Indeed, he uses a car seized from Mafia.
- “Città Mia e Assegno Civico” (literally My Town and Civic Cheque): July 2013. Thanks to these two projects, promoted by the social service department, the administration reaches the goal of “Petrosino Città Pulita” (literally Petrosino Clean Town)..
- Renunciation of the chauffeur-driven car by the Major: September 2013. The representative car used by the Mayor and the local authorities is a vehicle seized from Mafia.
- Art’s Oasis Prize – 1st Edition: April 2014. The competition was aimed to launch a cultural and social process that educates the citizenry to take their public spaces (abandoned and degraded) back, thanks to their participation in choosing the artworks. It is an active tool of the urban regeneration and requalification policy for the local areas under redesign. In particular, it represents the planning tool for a series of operations for the recovery of marginal and degraded areas that do not match with the social and cultural needs of the town.
- Bell Tower Renovation - St Mary Of Graces Church: July 2014. Maintenance and making safe of mother-church’s bell tower.
- F. E. S. T. A. - Festival of the Sicilian Record Labels and the Artisan Talent: August 2014. An event that for the first time put the spotlights on the Sicilian musical scene to enhance the independent record labels and the local manufacturers of tools. An opportunity to exhibit the artisan products and to show the Sicilian musical productions.
- Restoration and work of completion at “Fanciulli” School: September 2014. School construction project for the renovation and completion of “Fanciulli” school. It is a practical example of the commitment of the administration in trying to make all the school buildings safer.
- Requalification and expansion project for the Cemetery: October 2014. Requalification and expansion project for the Cemetery of Petrosino in order to replace the right and proper decorum to this place of worship.
- Completion of the water supply network in Via Torreggiano: March 2015. Installation of little wells and network connections that finally allows to bring drinking water to the houses of this street and to the school “Istituto Tecnico per Geometri”. This is the end of a long-standing problem that for years forced the citizens to supply water with tankers.
- Announcements for youth entrepreneurship “Stand up” and “Makers Generation”: March 2015. Announcements that aim to encourage youth entrepreneurship and to help local youth in the realization of business realities in two specific areas: tourism and technological innovation.
- Establishment of the Bio-District "Colture Mediterranee Terre del Bio" (literally Mediterranean Cultivations - Organic Lands): April 2015. Petrosino is the leader in a group of 11 municipalities that have signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of the Bio-District “Colture Mediterranee Terre del Bio". A model of eco-sustainable development characterized by the involvement of the local community and with a conscious involvement of farmers, citizens, associations, tour operators and administrations for the management of the local resources.