Press File Mons 2015 DOSSIER DE PRESSE 3
Press file Mons 2015 DOSSIER DE PRESSE 3 GROWING TOGETHER In 2015, the beauty, intelligence and creativity of Europe will reside in Mons for twelve months. For the citizens of the Mons region, the Borinage and Saint-Ghislain, this is a unique opportunity to make a qualitative leap forward, to grow together and to improve their future. The path leading to this culminating moment has been a long one, but today we can be proud and happy! We can be proud, because the programme, even if not finalized yet, is already magnificent: 300 events, 5,000 artists, 400 organisations mobilised, 1,200 active ambassadors, 22 partner institutions, several dozen participating cities… An intense mobilisation of talent and creativity. We can be happy for our citizens, who will be spoiled for choice during this exceptional year, and for our businesses, our retailers and E D ITO R I A L our community life. Becoming European Capital of Culture means ELIO DI RUPO receiving a tremendous economic and social springboard which will OFFICIAL MAYOR enable us to leap higher and further forwards. A powerful process has MINISTER OF STATE been set in motion, from which Mons-Borinage will be the first to bene- fit for decades, thanks to the investments that have been made and the new development tools that have been put in place. Mons is changing, Mons is progressing, Mons is building its future! I wish to express my warm thanks to the women and men ‘in the shadows’ who have turned this ambitious project into reality. I am espe- cially keen for people to realise how much dedication everyone has shown, and with what talent and perseverance.
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