Massone Residents Voice Community Needs in Meeting with Local Authorities

Remembering the well-known saying: “Unity is strength“, the residents of Massone gathered to address the inevitable problems of the neighborhood.

In a bustling assembly, they compiled a long list of requests, some on the waiting list for a long time, which they then handed over to Mario Caproni, their representative on the city council.

The residents of nearby S. Martino will meet in the coming days. What moves people is the absence of the awaited participation committees, a photocopy of the neighborhood organizations of the past, which inexplicably the municipal administration keeps postponing.

Participation and Requests

«The need for dialogue between the community and the municipal authorities was palpable» — comments Mario Caproni — «the presence of about sixty people at the evening, mostly household heads, most of whom participated actively in the lively debate, speaks volumes.

This is a significant turnout, considering that such popular meetings have not happened for a long time.

The list of general interest requests submitted by my fellow citizens is quite substantial.

It ranges from traffic issues to the unavoidable parking problems, from social infrastructure shortages to the completion of minor public works.

In conclusion, these are a set of needs—nothing extraordinary—but to be addressed as soon as possible, stemming from the daily life of a community, albeit small, but very active, like that of Massone.»

Main Topics and Interventions

Among the many issues raised to Mario Caproni, one concerns the preservation of the thirty parking spaces recently created in the main square, which have finally alleviated congestion in the narrow historic center.

There is also the urgency of a playground in the elementary school’s garden and the strengthening of the nursery’s green area.

The dangerous crossing of the state road at the height of the Capuchin convent must be eliminated.

The farmers demand regulation of the disorderly access to the crowded rocky wall within the olive grove.

Following the success of the initiative in Massone, residents of the nearby hamlets of S. Martino and Moletta will soon meet.