It would therefore have been necessary 4 years of work to radically transform the former wasteland industrial. From the factory of 100,000 shirts, a stone’s throw from the Saint-André church, in the center of Châteauroux, there are only a few traces left, like so many memories.
“I’m so glad they kept the manager’s houseenthuses Louisette, a former worker who did not want to miss the inauguration of the new district, organized on Monday, June 20. It touches me, it’s a lot of memories. My mother also worked here for a long time…“
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The house actually sits at the entrance to the district, refreshed but still in the spirit of what this great industrial site was. “We have also been careful to pay tribute to those who worked here in the choice of street names. for example, “street of the confection” or “street of the mechanics”“underlines Chantal Montjoint, first deputy mayor of Châteauroux.
– Gaelle Fontenit
Dominique lives in one of 23 apartments of the new district, and she is won over: “It is very successful, family, pleasant. For a long time, Châteauroux remained in its own juice! It feels good to see this dynamic of restoration of the old wasteland…“
41 individual houses, all equipped with a small garden, have also found their place on the former manufacturing site. “Our priority is to bring residents back to the city center. Successful bet ! There is also a nursing home and a space for the Mutualité française, Accueil Santé Berry and the EKR association.“says Chantal Montjoint.
– Gaelle Fontenit
“It still lacks shops… We have to walk to the city center. But it’s true that it’s not very far“all the same moderates a new resident who also deplores”not having found a treating doctor in the health center“.
A total of 12 million euros will have been invested in this project.