for Christmas, other forms of solidarity

for Christmas, other forms of solidarity

As during the first confinement, the CCAS of Marcq-en-Barœul has set up a telephone watch and strengthened its system for distributing meals at home. As for Christmas, a show with gift giving is usually held at the Charcot Theater. About sixty families, or two hundred children, are chosen by the CCAS and the social center. … Read more

The municipality of Marcq-en-Barœul wants to double the number of trees in town by creating an “urban forest”

The municipality of Marcq-en-Barœul wants to double the number of trees in town by creating an “urban forest”

The city of Marcq-en-Barœul has 6,200 trees on its territory, in the public domain. ” We want to double this number during the mandate ”, Summarized, Thursday, Pierre Verley, assistant to the ecological transition. The tree has many virtues: ” Fight against pollution, against climate change, promote biodiversity … » This is why the municipality … Read more

Briqueterie district in Marcq-en-Barœul, the promise of a metamorphosis

Briqueterie district in Marcq-en-Barœul, the promise of a metamorphosis

Several large files were examined by the city council this Thursday evening. The first, presented by Loïc Cathelain, first deputy mayor, constitutes the promise of a metamorphosis for the Briqueterie district. Active alongside the social landlord Vilogia for a while, the municipality is now committed by signing two agreements, the first on the entire rehabilitation … Read more

the new Sunday market in Le Pont is enjoying rapid growth

the new Sunday market in Le Pont is enjoying rapid growth

It is enough to observe the crowd, its animation, to understand that the market of the Bridge on Sunday morning corresponded to an expectation. In front of his crates of chervis, the Sun King’s favorite vegetables, heliantis, a more digestible variety of Jerusalem artichoke, and crapaudines, a kind of sweet beet, Fabrice distills his advice. … Read more

an ephemeral Le Merveilleux store in the Monoprix gallery until the end of December

an ephemeral Le Merveilleux store in the Monoprix gallery until the end of December

« Normally, we have a vision of one to three years and at the moment, it is reduced to fifteen days », Explains Yvan Lener, manager of the Lille boutiques Le Merveilleux de Fred. A veritable institution that has grown to New York and Tokyo, pastry shops suffer, like many, from a drop in attendance … Read more

ten months after the fire at La Buissonnière, la Petite Buissonnière was born

ten months after the fire at La Buissonnière, la Petite Buissonnière was born

It took six months to redevelop the building next to the burnt down nursery. Rue Schuman, next to the Buissonnière, these premises housed the leisure center for Baladins. ” Everything had to be boned, up to the roof, summarizes Catherine Joncquez, Assistant to Early Childhood. We put a false ceiling, to soundproof, the tiling was … Read more

Malting entrepreneurs say they are suffocated by a dispute between their two owners

Malting entrepreneurs say they are suffocated by a dispute between their two owners

About 16 years ago La Malterie space was auctioned off, an industrial wasteland dating from 1910 whose vocation was to produce malt, for making beer. Two owners shared the land and the two sets of buildings separated by an alley: on one side E. B., and on the other E. L. which recovers the alley … Read more

The mini-tunnels of the Grand Boulevard between Lille and Marcq-en-Barœul reopen on Friday evening

The mini-tunnels of the Grand Boulevard between Lille and Marcq-en-Barœul reopen on Friday evening

Regularly, the Grand Boulevard is subject to maintenance work requiring block some traffic : cleaning of the sewerage network, gutters, to avoid flooding, and maintenance of the roadway. Since the beginning of the week, it is the common section, between Lille and Marcq-en-Barœul, in both directions, which is concerned, but only on the central tracks … Read more

Carambar employees on strike, the factory is shut down

Carambar employees on strike, the factory is shut down

Carambar Marcq-en-Barœul employees stopped work this Friday at the rue de la Chocolaterie factory. The object of their anger: the conditions under which the relocation of their historic factory to the Bondu site of Lutti, now in the hands of the same group as Carambar (read elsewhere), should happen according to the information they received … Read more