The image of many inner cities is sad: few visitors, a lot of vacancy. Shopping mainly takes place in Greenfield centers. This development can hardly be reversed. The city centers do not have to die, expert Hannes Lindner sees opportunities. But: “It will be a bloody road.”
It was a powerful signal on a cold Thursday morning: dozens of entrepreneurs from the city center of Graz demonstrated for better accessibility of the historic city center, especially by car. The current transport policy of the city council regularly drives traders to the barricades. The recently announced closure of Café Sacher in De Herrengasse gives a further boost to the protest.
Source: Krone
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