Preserving and revitalizing a network of vibrant market towns, structures of the Loire rurality - Engineering and development of public spaces and active mobility

CONTEXT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHEME

This call for projects is part of the LEADER Loire 2023-2027 program, which aims to promote the transition to sobriety and the improvement of living conditions in our rural areas.

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1. Context

Market towns form the backbone of the Loire rurality. Places of life, services, cultural and commercial offerings, they allow the population to benefit from a qualitative living environment without being subjected to excessively long journeys. Indeed, in low-density areas, more than 50% of CO2 is produced by transport (people and goods) and this ever-increasing cost is a source of energy precariousness at least as significant as that of housing. The challenge of reducing these impacts is combined with the challenge of revitalizing market towns. It is therefore important to preserve the current network of market towns and to revitalize it to readjust the trajectory of their development and move towards sobriety.

The objectives pursued by the LAG are to:

− Improve public/private consultation in market town revitalization projects

− Deploy engineering resources to improve the prospective and concerted vision of development projects…