ATTRACTION OF INVESTMENTS PROJECT IN THE METROPOLITAN 30METRO In cooperation with: AREA LINKS Foundation, Confindustria Piemonte, Consorzio Insediamenti produttivi del Canavese 30METRO PROJECT | CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI TORINO 1 ATTRACTION OF INVESTMENTS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA DOSSIER REALIZED BY Città metropolitana di Torino Economic Development Department Corso Inghilterra 7 - 10138 Torino Phone (0039) 011 861 73 18 E-mail [email protected] NOVEMBER 2019 NOVEMBER IN COLLABORATION WITH LINKS Foundation www.linksfoundation.com Confindustria Piemonte www.confindustria.piemonte.it CIP Canavese www.insiediamentiproduttivicanavese.it 30METRO PROJECT | CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI TORINO 3 PROJECT 30 METRO INTERACTIVE PLATFORM MAP-Based web platform including information about all the abandoned industrial areas and about the territorial context. FOR METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT www.urbantoolbox.it/project/trentametro (developed by LINKS Foundation by in.vi.to tool) The TRENTAMETRO project, owners was initiated to check the promoted by the Città metropolitana actual interest in selling their areas di Torino in partnership with LINKS and to obtain the authorization to Foundation, Confindustria Piemonte include them in the dossier. and Consorzio per gli Insediamenti Produttivi del Canavese, aims to This document hopes to be a achieve the maximum potential catalogue capable of promoting on the territorial and urban level, the selected areas at a national in order to boost new productive and international level, in order activities and to promote the reuse to transform abandoned places of many abandoned areas of our into opportunities for economic territory. development. DR. DIMITRI DE VITA Through the attraction of productive For these reasons, the foreign investments and the TRENTAMETRO dossier is available development of synergies between in Italian, English, Chinese and public and private investors, the Russian. initiative aims to revitalize marginal or peripheral areas, to contain Within the project, a geo-referenced soil consumption and to kick-start web platform* has been created and environmental regeneration and made available to the business world, COUNCILLOR urban redevelopment processes. which contains information about the localization of all the mapped Mountain development, European As a first step, the project has mapped abandoned areas, including those not and International relations and all the abandoned industrial areas of included in the dossier. Moreover, projects, strategic planning, the metropolitan territory measuring the platform allows interaction with economic development, productive more than 5,000 square meters. information about the territorial activities, transportation, Then, a selection among the over 130 context in which the different areas professional training. mapped areas allowed identification are located. of the 30 most attractive sites, through a process that took into consideration the services and the surroundings of every site: its accessibility, the presence of an industrial area and the broadband connection. *The platform is available at the following Once the most competitive areas link: were defined, a dialogue with the www.urbantoolbox.it/project/trentametro 4 30METRO PROJECT | CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI TORINO 30METRO PROJECT | CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI TORINO 5 Extraordinary nature, history, tradition, culture, technological innovation, top quality food and wine, sport and relaxation. CITTÀ Lonely Planet The Metropolitan City of Turin Novalesa and Moncenisio; the offers a dynamic and varied tourist Olympic mountains of Valle di Susa, experience. There are countless Val Soana and Ceresole Reale; the METROPOLITANA cultural and landscape assets of Argentera Valley; the Vineyards of artistic, historical and archaeological Carema; the Alte Valli di Lanzo; the interest, such as the Fenestrelle Val Germanasca; the intermorainic Fortress which, due to its size and Hill of Avigliana; Pian Cervetto and its development along the entire left the Morena of Mazzè. DI TORINO side of the Chisone Valley, has been called “the Great Piedmontese Wall”. Turin is also home to many attractive museums, testaments to the history, Sites and areas recognized as World culture, industrial presence and Heritage by UNESCO are widespread internationality of the city. In The Metropolitan City of Turin, the waters of the extensive network within the Metropolitan City of Turin: particular, those that stand out are with its 186 km border with France of secondary tributaries. Hundreds the system of Savoy Residences the Egyptian Museum, the National 312 (Savoie and Hautes-Alpes) and a of lake basins enrich the territory, includes over a dozen sites in the Cinema Museum, followed by the MUNICIPALITIES dense and efficient network of road from the Germanasca Valley, to the Capital City (Palazzo Reale, Turin Textile Museum in Chieri, the Museum and rail infrastructure, is one of Gran Paradiso massif, to the Locana State Archives, the Madama and of Forte Bramafam in Bardonecchia, the main national connections with and Lanzo Valleys; in the lowland Carignano Palaces, Villa della Regina, the Historical Museum of the Cavalry Western Europe (Frejus, Mont Blanc areas, the Viverone Lake, the Lakes Valentino Castle...) and numerous of Pinerolo and the Historical 6.827 and Moncenisio tunnels, Ventimiglia, of Avigliana, the Lake of Candia, and castles spread out across the Museum of Sacred Art in Susa. The SQUARE KILOMETRES Sempione and Colle di Tenda passes). the Lake Sirio stand out for their metropolitan area. These include the Metropolitan City of Turin is now environmental and touristic value. hunting lodge of Stupinigi, the Reggia actively one of the main European Its capital was defined by Le di Venaria Reale and the castles of La centers for contemporary art thanks Corbusier as “the city with the most Mandria, Rivoli and Agliè. to the Museum of Contemporary 2.300.000 beautiful natural location in the Art of the CasPhonelo di Rivoli, the INHABITANTS world” for its proximity to the Alpine It is also worth mentioning the Gallery of Modern Art, the Sandretto the hills, the major lakes and the sea. ATTRACTION AND TOURISTIC HOSPITALITY recent recognition by UNESCO Rebaudengo Foundation, Palazzo of the Collina del Po Torinese as a Bricherasio, the Pinacoteca Agnelli, The Metropolitan City of Turin is also Biosphere Reserve (MAB), and Ivrea, and the Merz Foundation. one of the richest metropolitan areas an industrial city of the twentieth in Europe from an environmental, century, as the 54th Italian site Of further interest are the extra- landscape and historic-cultural point registered as a World Heritage Site. urban museums (Museums of railway of view. transport through the Bussoleno There are many historical and Alps, the Museum of Rural Life at The mountain areas, characterized cultural routes in the Metropolitan the Pool, the museum of viticulture by the presence of natural parks and City area (the Via Francigena, an in Prarostino, the Valdese Museum extensive wooded areas, are known important route of communication of Rorà, …). Furthermore to be above all for winter tourism and and pilgrimage between Central considered are the “eco museums”, internationally famous for having Europe and Rome; the historic- places of cultural diffusion and LOCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LOCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL hosted the XX Winter Olympic Games cultural itinerary of the “Glorious knowledge of local realities: Freidano in 2006, and are a true paradise Repatriation of the Waldenses”; (Settimo Torinese); Morainic for nature lovers in every season, the Great Crossing of the Alps , ...), Amphitheater (Ivrea); Feltrificio offering numerous alternatives in as well as the hundreds of “minor” Crumière (Villar Pellice); Ecomuseo terms of outdoor activities. assets that testify to the culture and dell’Argilla (Cambiano) and Prali traditions of the places. Mines (Prali). The Po River, the largest in Italy, rises on the Monviso at the Piano More tourist areas of great interest The great cultural liveliness that del Re and crosses the entire are the: Poirino Plateau; the Turin animates the Metropolitan City Metropolitan City of Turin, collecting Hill; the Serra moraine of Ivrea, of Turin is demonstrated by the 6 30METRO PROJECT | CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI TORINO 30METRO PROJECT | CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI TORINO 7 numerous first-rate literary, musical and hiking experiences through From an economic standpoint The new identity of the Metropolitan and theatrical events hosted routes that involve local farms and the Metropolitan City of Turin is City of Turin is emerging, with strong throughout the territory. winegrowers, cellars, educational characterized by the presence of potential and future prospects, farms, museums and castles (Colours a productive fabric with strong characterized by a lively system Amongst all these elements of and flavours route, Royal Route of specialization in the manufacturing dedicated to innovation, which attraction, the enogastronomic Turin wines, ...). sector. includes: heritage stands out, representing an extremely valuable resource Confirming the capacity of attraction The territory can also count on > 2 universities for the metropolitan area, and exercised by the artistic and cultural companies’ high investment capacity > 3 business incubators there are many options offered to heritage of the territory, and by its and propensity for innovation, and > 4 innovation poles those interested in low-impact and tourist accommodation,