Being a newcomer to a city often takes weeks of adjustment before finding orientation. For this reason the municipality is helping the neo-Dracénois, identified through La Poste, to familiarize themselves with their new place of life by sending a leaflet indicating, in addition to a word of welcome, useful addresses.
An elected official
It’s not all. For two years, a city councilor, Évelyne Lorcet, has been responsible for liaising with these “foreigners”. It was she, on Friday evening, who welcomed a hundred of them to the Saint-Exupéry complex for a meeting that was supposed to be friendly, but also informative.
At the entrance, flyers, including the Practical guide for your arrival in Draguignan. There were associations such as the Reception of French cities (AVF) or “Draguignan welcomes”, as well as the team in charge of tourism in Dracénie.
“Ours, or rather your city, is the crossroads between the Upper Var and the Mediterranean coast”, assured Évelyne Lorcet during her speech. She boasted “the many sports, arts and other clubs that allow those who wish to thrive there. “
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Native Mayor
Speaking in turn, the mayor, Riccardo Strambio, began with a quick curriculum vitae: “I was born in Draguignan and I did all my studies there “. Passionate about history, he plans to enter teaching before becoming a physiotherapist, specifying his passion for sport, “which led him to this profession in 1981 “.
And if he “never thought of doing politics at that time “he will still be a successful candidate in the 2014 municipal elections and will be re-elected in 2020 “with a great team ““for the love of his hometown, which he knows like the back of his hand in many areas “.
The agglomeration highlighted
Starting with the historical heritage that the chosen one strongly invited to discover.
Retracing the main, sometimes tragic, phases that have shaped Draguignan over the centuries, Richard Strambio has not forgotten that he is also the president of the agglomeration community of Dracénie Provence Verdon (DPVa), citing the other twenty-two municipalities of the community, “All more beautiful than the other “.
What strengthens the choice of these newcomers, among whom we find in particular General Éric LPlace, new commander of the Artillery School, where he was a student thirty years ago and manager from 1997 to 2003: “I’m happy to be back here! “he assured.
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