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But here in Cartagena, our Santa Florentina Food Market is falling apart and, the day less thought, we will have to remember it in some local history book.

Then we will read that the Cartageneros had a market of supplies with antiquity of construction dated from the year 1953 of high architectural and heritage value, located in the urban case of Cartagena.

A market that, despite the complaints and notices of its merchants, neighbors and visitors, politicians also let die.

The merchants of the Santa Florentina Market need the establishment to be comprehensively reformed so as not to run out of activity in their positions.

For them, it is vital to recover the clientele.

For Ana Belén Nicolás, president of Somos Cartagena, "The local government cannot act so slowly. The Santa Florentina Market falls apart and there are more than eighty families that depend on the activity of their posts. If they do not sell , they have no resources to support their families and they risk closing their own jobs. "

During this year 2019, merchants have gone through a very difficult time.

The supply market has kept almost 40% of the total number of positions it has closed.

I have never seen it.

The state of abandonment is perceived before entering, with facades and walls in a state more than unfortunate, and the scarce commercial activity, the smell of dampness or damage, and the feeling of marginality that some merchants have had for years have been overwhelming , they feel abandoned by the City Council.

"It is amazing, as for decades, no politician has dedicated his time in giving a real solution to the merchants of the Santa Florentina Market," says Ana Belén Nicolás.

"The much-needed reopening of the underground car park, having a discharge zone with limited time, guaranteeing security against theft, guaranteeing the cleaning and maintenance of common areas, channeling the rainwater that causes large leaks, maintaining and preserving the facade and the rest of the establishment, conditioning the public toilet and adapting it to people with reduced mobility, are some of the needs they have. "

For Nicolás, "Inactive positions must be adapted to other commercial activities and closed to closed positions. On the other hand, how is it possible to allow the lease of positions that are closed whose conditioning perfectly allows them to be operational ? "

Also, the local government promised that other positions would be operational since last June and, however, have not yet been delivered.

Unfortunate so much neglect.

According to Nicolás, "Thus we are for Cartagena, to promise, to promise and to promise to disappear. There are dates of great consumption in food products and, from Somos Cartagena, we give our support to the local commerce and the merchants of our city."

Source: Somos Cartagena