He general director of Caja Rural de Zamora, Cipriano Garcíademanded this Friday from the Spanish government “an urgent and definitive impulse” for projects such as the establishment of an army unit on the grounds of the former military camp of Monte la Reina, in the municipality of Toro, and highway communication between the capital of Zamora and the border with Portugal.
Likewise, he mentioned the industrial zone “Zamora Norte”, in Monfarracinos, in which the Caja “collaborates” with the regional government of Castilla y León, and other “important” projects, such as those related to the energy sector, including including hydraulics, biogas, hydrogen, which “must imply the obligation” to invest and generate jobs, contrary to what has happened until today.
“This great potential to be exploited should be decisive, in our opinion, in the future economic and social development of this province,” he declared.
García Rodríguez highlighted the “repeated success” of the International Cheese Fair “Fromago Cheese Experience”, which was held from the 12th to the 15th of this month. “A project born in Zamora10, like many others, which did not have time to develop. With the involvement of all provincial and regional stakeholders, we have proven that together, important objectives are achieved. Welcome to the skeptics who join us from now on,” he quipped during his speech, reports Ical.
Cipriano García made these statements at the Ifeza exhibition center in front of 2,000 people, during his speech at the ceremony of the XXVII Awards of the Caja Rural de Zamora Foundation.
In them, the Group of Nativity Scenes of La Morana, born within a group of young creators of nativity scenes and led for 25 years by Francisco Iglesias, received the Culture Prize and is part of the emblem of Zamorano folklore . For her part, Nuria Álvarez, director of Agroberry, received the Mundo Rural Prize, as “an example of improvement, effort and entrepreneurship”, as she declared.
The Social Prize corresponds to the “Pulso vital” project of the Recoletas Hospital, promoted by the “exceptional professionals” of this center, with the collaboration of the Provincial Deputation and the Caja Rural Foundation.
The posthumous recognition goes to José María Casas Delgado, “historic president of Zamora CF and remarkable businessman, tenacious and hardworking, non-conformist and fighter”, as he described him.
The general director of the Fund considered Gregorio Álvarez Cabreros, winner of the Illustrious Zamorano Prize, “an example of leadership, innovation and commitment to sustainable development and rural well-being” and added: “The ambassador from Zamora, from Cerecinos de Campos, a renowned businessman of national and international prestige, with a successful career, founder and president of the Ibereolica Renovables Group. “He believed and believes in our land as a representative of Zamora’s talent, with the conviction that Zamora and its people can and must have a better present and future.”
The mention of the awarded people and institutions ended with the “Zamorano of the Year 2024” award, awarded to the National Police Corps, on the occasion of the bicentenary of its constitution. “It has been able to evolve and adapt to the challenges of each era, forging, in this common journey, values and principles, born from the sacrifice, effort and dedication of the men and women who compose it,” he declared. .
