New communication center: St. Georgen becomes a meeting place!
New communication center: St. Georgen becomes a meeting place!
St. Georgen, Österreich - The starting shot for the new communication center in St. Georgen has been given! The construction of representatives of all political factions - ÖVP, Greens, SPÖ and FPÖ - was officially heralded in the presence of representatives of all political factions. The center, which is housed in a former Raiffeisen building, will offer an urgently needed meeting point for the community after its completion. Mayor Thomas Steiner emphasized: "The new communication center will further strengthen St. Georgen as a social center." The city acquired the building in 2021 for 144,000 euros in order to enable multifunctional use for clubs and citizens.
The concept provides to modernize the existing building and expand it with an extension in timber construction. Special highlights are a green roof and large glass fronts for the redesigned garden. The venue will offer space for around 140 people and a total of construction costs of around 600,000 euros will be estimated, with 300,000 euros being financed by the federal government. The public plans were already presented in April 2023, and after the award in September 2024, construction can now be started, such as
In view of an impending combustion champion in the European Union, the future of petrol stations is currently being hotly discussed. From 2035, only new cars may be sold, which do not emit no greenhouse gases, as the EU recently decided. Herbert W. Rabl, spokesman for the petrol station interest association, is optimistic: "The gas station as an institution is not threatened." Petrol stations have long since developed into social meeting points that go far beyond refueling. Today, around 60 percent of sales are generated by the sale of snacks and drinks as well as through additional services such as car washes. Rabl indicates that petrol stations will continue to play a central role in mobility in the future. The discussion about alternative fuels such as e-fuel also gets louder because they could offer potential for sustainable use of petrol stations. It remains to be seen how the industry will adapt to the change in mobility. "The petrol station lives from the fact that it sells mobility", so Rabl in an interview with focus online . The challenges are great, but the actors in the industry are determined to remain relevant in the coming years. The future of petrol stations in change
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