“Resources Must Be Found to Assign Them”. A group of opposition city councilors calls on Ca’ Farsetti to invest in public housing By Vera Mantengoli 3 December 2022 Opposition city councilors are calling for a large part of the 2023 Budget funding to be dedicated to the recovery of public housing. Currently in the Municipal … More Increasing Numbers of Public Housing Units Sit Empty in Venice
An inquiry has been presented by EU Parliamentarian Sabrina Pignedoli, with deputy Enrico Cappelletti and former Senator Orietta Vanin. “The PNRR is not meant to cover any need. They can move forward, but we will find ourselves without the necessary funding” 27 November 2022 The 5 Star Movement has brought the “Cittadella dello Sport” and … More M5S Calls on European Commission to Evaluate the Use of PNRR Funds for the Bosco dello Sport and Railway at Tessera
What possible benefits could accrue to the city from a plan that first erases the habitat of Tessera, while locating the sporting facilities for “urban regeneration” over seven kilometers from the nearest city neighborhoods? By Franco Migliorini The pressures aimed at distorting both the contents and the approval procedures for two projects, the “Bretella-Cappio” (an … More Does Venice Really Need Underwater High-speed Rail to the Airport and a Massive Sports Complex?
After being delayed by the pandemic, MITDesignX held its first successful term in 2022, concluding with the Final Pitch event on Nov. 23. By Paul Rosenberg Nov. 29, 2022 The term “startup incubator” evokes a sort of mid-2000s era image of rooms full of overworked young people, coding furiously and living at work – eating … More Incubation and Innovation: a Former Church on Giudecca Nurtures New Ventures for Venice
Venice was saved from the acqua alta, that is a fact. However, we can’t let down our guard in the face of sea level rise and the need to defend the lagoon By Alberto Vitucci 24 November 2022 [Ed. Note: In the days following the avoided acqua granda on Tuesday there has been a steady … More MoSE Saved Venice, but Bribery and Theft are to Blame for the Delays, not Environmentalists
High tide and strong winds: Tuesday would have been the third biggest acqua alta ever, but instead the city remained “dry”. 23 November 2022 It was a day destined to remain in the memory of Venice and Venetians. More than 1.10 meters of difference between the sea levels recorded outside the Lido inlet (177 cm) … More MoSE Passes its First Big Test in Venice, preventing another “Acqua Granda”
A three day conference at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in early November brought together a unique group of international markets, scholars, artists, local artisans and the Rialto merchants themselves to continue working on a project for revitalizing the suffering Rialto Market. By Paul Rosenberg “Venice is Alive and Asks for Help”. … More A Project For Rialto: Experiences, Food and Crafts Offer a Way Forward
Opposition councilors walked out of the session in protest of the insults hurled by Mayor Brugnaro at councilor Monica Sambo: “You should wash your mouth out” and calling her a liar 10 November 2022 By Vera Mantengoli During the first in-person city council session after two years of meetings via remote, the opposition (except Cecilia … More Mayor Brugnaro Insults Councilor Sambo at First In-Person Council Session: Opposition walks out in protest
This morning acqua alta baptized the defense system that was just completed, which held up perfectly. While the piazza flooded outside, mass was held inside the basilica. A work with maximum results and minimum impact. By Giovanni Leone 6 November 2022 Autumn is acqua alta season, even though seasonal upheaval has not spared Venice from … More The Basilica of San Marco is Saved
Opposition groups are received at Ca’ Corner. Zappalorto: “I can say that once the health emergency ended, the previous city council rules came back into force, and these call for in-person meetings”. The Fuscia party: “Commissions should also be held in person” By Eugenio Pendolini 4 November 2022 VENICE. Politics in Venice returns to in-person, … More First In-Person Venice Council Meeting to be Held in Over 2 Years. Prefect Zappalorto: “Remote meetings should stop”
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