La Laguna will study the implementation of one or several permanent markets for street sales in the municipality, after evaluating the pilot experience of three temporary markets that will be located in the squares of the Tranvía de La Cuesta, in the one of the Church of Valle de Guerra and in the one of San Jerónimo de Taco, from this Saturday until next February 14, 2023, taking advantage of the commercial campaigns of Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
This was announced yesterday by the Councilor for Commerce and Economic Development of the City Hall of La LagunaAitami Bruno, who explained that this consensual project develops the new Municipal Street Vending Ordinance, which came into force at the beginning of 2020 but could not be put into practice due to the arrival of the pandemic.
The mayor explained that, at the beginning of last November, a public call was opened for the awarding and installation of street vendor stalls for these markets, with four locations and a total of 145 seats. Finally, 97 applications were submitted, which have all been accepted and have been distributed among the three final locations. The councilor pointed out that 80% of the attendees are linked to representative associations of the gypsy people, and the rest are artisans, and she recalled that the call was open to the entire population.
These three markets in Taco, La Cuesta and Valle de Guerra will be held every Saturday and simultaneously in the three areas, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On the occasion of Three Kings Day, they will also open on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of next January.
“This pilot action will serve to evaluate the participation and effectiveness of the model,” indicated Aitami Bruno, so that, after February 14, the Area will assess the possibility of one or more permanent markets. “I don’t want to close myself off to anything right now, it can be either a single site or perhaps we see that several places are more attractive,” he pointed out, with the anticipation of being able to start it up before the elections, and for which a new participatory process.
The councilor emphasized that it is not about the concept of trail. This pilot action seeks to “provide the municipality with safe spaces and with all the guarantees for the development of the street vending activity, both for those who carry it out, and for consumers,” she said.
