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End-of-year speech: Janik focuses on commercial development

Stand: 19.12.2024

In his year-end speech to the city council on December 12, Lord Mayor Florian Janik focused on the importance of commercial development. Janik gave the speech under the title "Together" and called for us to continue working together on the strengths of the city.

Economic strength despite budget crisis

Janik emphasized that Erlangen is not a location in structural crisis despite the tense financial situation: "We are and will remain a successful location for global market leaders, for medium-sized high-tech companies and for cutting-edge research." While it has been possible to drive forward the establishment of cutting-edge research and the redesign of the Siemens site here in recent years, the opportunities for the manufacturing industry and skilled trades are too limited.

Land-saving, green industrial estate

"I want us to retain our strengths. That we drive forward the climate-friendly transformation of our city and strengthen social cohesion. But that also means expanding Erlangen as a good business location and giving our companies and tradespeople opportunities for development. This can only succeed if we now also tackle the development of new commercial areas," said Janik. It is about space for Erlangen businesses and companies that are founded here locally based on our strength and that are too often forced to move away. "It's about crafts and SMEs. And it's about thinking ecology and economy together, i.e. a space-saving, green commercial area. And it's about the companies that are implementing the climate-friendly conversion of our industrial country and digitalization in a very concrete way," Janik explained.

Urban development with citizen participation

The Climate Awakening process can teach us how to work out different perspectives and requirements and find viable compromises together. In this sense, the aim of the urban development concept is to identify suitable areas and make possible difficulties and alternatives transparent. The aim is to be able to make quick and concrete decisions based on all the necessary information. "I think it is right to put the decision in the hands of the citizens by means of a referendum initiated by the city council," Janik continued.

Open by tradition as a recipe for success

Christian Lehrmann, Chairman of the CSU city council group, gave the closing speech for the city council this year. Open by tradition is the recipe for success in Erlangen that guides us through these hectic and eventful times. Together we bear the responsibility of leading Erlangen out of this budget crisis, even with all the unpleasant and painful decisions.

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