Some good news from Zagreb, Croatia

Pippa Gallop <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:28:33 +0100
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Dear All,

Just wanted to share some good news with you about a campaign that some 
of you might remember: Zelena akcija and Right to the City's 'Varsavska' 
campaign where we tried to stop the construction of a shopping centre, 
luxury flats, underground car park and especially the ramp into the car 
park that took away some of Zagreb's small pedestrian zone in the city 
centre.

The main part of the campaign ended in Spring 2011 when the shopping 
centre and car park opened. Although we didn't win that battle, both the 
shopping centre and the car park were smaller than they were originally 
planned to be, partly thanks to our activities.

But as a result of the campaign the city assembly asked for changes to 
the General Urban Plan of the city to make sure that such a project 
would never happen again (this was important as several similar projects 
were planned in the city centre). This has taken ages to actually happen 
and as yesterday was the last sitting of the City Assembly before the 
local elections there was a real danger that it would not happen at all. 
But luckily it did :)

All the best,

Pippa

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Pippa Gallop
Research Co-ordinator
CEE Bankwatch Network
http://www.bankwatch.org
Skype: pippa.gallop

c/o Zelena akcija
Frankopanska 1 pp.952
10 000 Zagreb
Hrvatska/Croatia
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    <font face="Arial Narrow">Dear All,<br>
      <br>
      Just wanted to share some good news with you about a campaign that
      some of you might remember: Zelena akcija and Right to the City's
      'Varsavska' campaign where we tried to stop the construction of a
      shopping centre, luxury flats, underground car park and especially
      the ramp into the car park that took away some of Zagreb's small
      pedestrian zone in the city centre.<br>
      <br>
      The main part of the campaign ended in Spring 2011 when the
      shopping centre and car park opened. Although we didn't win that
      battle, both the shopping centre and the car park were smaller
      than they were originally planned to be, partly thanks to our
      activities.<br>
      <br>
      But as a result of the campaign the city assembly asked for
      changes to the General Urban Plan of the city to make sure that
      such a project would never happen again (this was important as
      several similar projects were planned in the city centre). This
      has taken ages to actually happen and as yesterday was the last
      sitting of the City Assembly before the local elections there was
      a real danger that it would not happen at all. But luckily it did
      :)<br>
      <br>
      All the best,<br>
      <br>
      Pippa</font>
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Pippa Gallop
Research Co-ordinator
CEE Bankwatch Network
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bankwatch.org">http://www.bankwatch.org</a>
Skype: pippa.gallop

c/o Zelena akcija
Frankopanska 1 pp.952
10 000 Zagreb
Hrvatska/Croatia
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