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E M M A B O D A<br />
I N O U R H E A RT S<br />
www.emmaboda.se/english
The Hult family is comprised of Erik the father, Anna the mother, Olle<br />
their son and Ida, their daughter. They have a third child on the way.<br />
Another part of the family are Anna’s parents, Berit and Kalle.<br />
FAMILY LIVING<br />
The Hult family lives in the countryside and they get<br />
their water from a well. Since they are expecting<br />
a baby, they can have their well water analysed at<br />
the <strong>municipality</strong>’s expense if they want to. They will<br />
probably need to expand their house as well. In that<br />
case, they can turn to the city’s planning office for<br />
good advice on any expansions. The planning office<br />
can also help them with finding ways to heat their<br />
entire house in an environment-friendly and climatesound<br />
manner, for example using solar cells.<br />
No, in the end, this family prefers to build a new house.<br />
However, they need to decide if they want to build<br />
it in town or out in the countryside. Either way, the<br />
<strong>municipality</strong> offers plots that have already been zoned,<br />
as well as several areas earmarked for rural development.<br />
When Anna wakes up in the morning, she<br />
presses a switch, turning on a lamp that gives a mild<br />
and pleasant shine. The radiator is warm and cosy.<br />
Knowing that the heat supplied by their utility <strong>Emmaboda</strong><br />
Energi och Miljö AB comes from non-polluting,<br />
non-fossil fuels makes it feel even better. She walks<br />
into the bathroom. She often reminds herself of how<br />
lucky she is to have clean and well-tasting water, as<br />
well as someone who takes care of the waste water<br />
from her bath, laundry and dishes. She throws the<br />
leftovers from breakfast in the trash and takes the<br />
garbage bag with her to the bin in the courtyard as<br />
she leaves for work.<br />
That’s when she realises what a great society she lives<br />
in. “I have electricity, clean water and someone<br />
else takes care of my waste water and garbage.” It’s<br />
great! All of these services are provided to her family,<br />
day in day out, by <strong>Emmaboda</strong> Energi och Miljö AB.<br />
<strong>Emmaboda</strong> Energi AB +46 471-24 97 50<br />
www.emmabodaenergi.se<br />
On her way to work, Anna drops by Möjligheternas Hus<br />
AB and the recycling station. She knows that there are<br />
nice objects on her trailer that can be sold in their<br />
giant second hand shop. She’s found plenty of bargains<br />
there herself. Möjligheternas Hus AB (MHAB) is a<br />
company that takes the subjects of the environment<br />
and recycling seriously, combining them with employment<br />
opportunities for people with special needs. In<br />
MHAB’s view, one person’s garbage is another person’s<br />
opportunity to re-use and sell things. The company’s<br />
second hand shop contributes to a better environment,<br />
while their revenue is reinvested in the business<br />
and the people who work there.<br />
Möjligheternas Hus AB + 46 471-24 98 50<br />
www.emmaboda.se/mhab<br />
Södra Vägen 32, 0471-100 00
EMPLOYMENT<br />
Both Erik and Anna work for the <strong>municipality</strong>. The<br />
business environment in <strong>Emmaboda</strong> is a fine mixture<br />
of small and large companies, such as ITT Water &<br />
Wastewater and <strong>Emmaboda</strong> Glas, which is part of the<br />
Saint-Gobain group, as well as small and medium-sized<br />
companies. You can find a great deal of manufacturing<br />
companies as well as cottage industries with high<br />
professional specialisation in metallurgy, woodworking<br />
and glassworks. Tourism is also a growing business in<br />
the area that provides many job opportunities.<br />
However, Anna wants to start her own trading company.<br />
More and more people are discovering the advantages<br />
of free parking and <strong>Emmaboda</strong>’s central location in<br />
the region. In order to provide Anna’s company with<br />
the best possible opportunities, the <strong>municipality</strong> and<br />
the “Centrum Sydost” chamber of commerce arrange<br />
regular gatherings for business networking in which<br />
businessmen, politicians and public officials can meet<br />
and exchange views and experiences. The <strong>municipality</strong><br />
also arranges courses in starting your own business<br />
in collaboration with “Centrum Sydost”. As a female<br />
entrepreneur, Anna can also participate in the Q-net<br />
network that now and then arranges interesting seminars<br />
and other happenings.<br />
The <strong>municipality</strong> of <strong>Emmaboda</strong> is a large employer and<br />
offers job opportunities in approximately 200 different<br />
professions.<br />
CSO - Centrum i Sydost<br />
<strong>Emmaboda</strong> i Utveckling<br />
Vi hjälper näringslivet med:<br />
Kompetensutveckling, Support, Nätverk,<br />
Starta Eget, Q-net, Projekt m.m.<br />
Centrum Sydost, Storgatan 4, 361 30 <strong>Emmaboda</strong><br />
Telefon: 0471-100 12, 070-231 23 17<br />
E-post: info@centrum-sydost.se<br />
www.centrum-sydost.se<br />
Questions about development and commerce<br />
+46 471-24 90 12<br />
Centrum Sydost +46 471-100 12<br />
www.centrum-sydost.se<br />
Möjligheternas hus AB<br />
Miljöstation och Arbetsmarknadscentrum<br />
Fynda i Second Hand<br />
1200 m 2 med möbler, kläder, porslin, kuriosa<br />
Vi finns på Tegnérgatan <strong>Emmaboda</strong><br />
0471-24 98 50<br />
Besök oss också via www.emmaboda.se/mhab
SCHOOL<br />
Olle and Ida go to school in the <strong>municipality</strong>. No matter<br />
the age group, the school system is characterised<br />
by cooperation, the big picture and availability. When<br />
their children were toddlers, they were offered places<br />
at pre-school less than a month after applying. The<br />
<strong>municipality</strong>’s schools, pre-schools and after-school<br />
recreation centres for junior school children all work<br />
with social and emotional coaching, which bolsters<br />
parents’ confidence in them. All of the <strong>municipality</strong>’s<br />
educational areas can boast pre-schools and schools<br />
with individual profiles, which allows children to follow<br />
their interests when choosing: for example, the<br />
Vissefjärda school has a cultural profile which suits<br />
Ida perfectly. Renovation of this school was finished<br />
in 2008, making it one of the country’s most modern<br />
schools with bright, cheery classrooms and modern<br />
equipment. For the smaller children, all of the preschools<br />
have “open pre-schools” for parents on parental<br />
leave and for children who are not enrolled in<br />
the pre-school system. This suits the family well in<br />
anticipation of their new arrival.<br />
In every school, children have access to a good school<br />
library. Children also learn to swim at school. Swimming<br />
and swimming schools are free of charge for all<br />
students in the <strong>municipality</strong>.<br />
Olle and Ida have been able to influence their schooling<br />
by participating in the <strong>municipality</strong>’s annual<br />
children and youth council. The school council contributes<br />
100,000 crowns per school year to the children<br />
and youth council, which together decides how this<br />
money is to be distributed and spent, for example on<br />
new soccer balls or an outdoor concert.<br />
<strong>Emmaboda</strong> invests a great deal in their secondary<br />
school, where Olle is a senior. Vilhelm Mobergsgymnasiet<br />
is a small secondary school that offers flexible<br />
solutions for students who are studying the engineering,<br />
natural science, social science and industrial<br />
programmes.<br />
Olle is attending the industrial programme, which<br />
provides him with qualified industrial-technical training<br />
in very modern facilities, using advanced technical<br />
equipment. This programme has a unique collaboration<br />
with the company ITT Water & Wastewater<br />
AB. Some of the classrooms are even located on the<br />
company’s premises! Both the industrial and the engineering<br />
programmes are a part of “Teknikcollege Sydost”,<br />
the Southeast technical college, and both offer<br />
certified training. The industrial programme has<br />
won an award for “Technical training of the year” at<br />
the secondary level. Anna is a sports buff and she is<br />
very happy that the soccer players (Swedish champions<br />
and national team members) Rasmus, Victor and<br />
David Elm all feel that the Vilhelm Mobergsgymnasiet<br />
school is the right choice for them. The school combines<br />
rigorous training with challenging studies.<br />
In order to ensure healthy growth in entrepreneurship,<br />
the <strong>municipality</strong>’s commerce bureau collaborates<br />
with the schools and the Young Enterprise organisation<br />
(Ung Företagsamhet). The college center<br />
allows both mom and dad to conduct distance learning<br />
and study courses without having to leave the<br />
<strong>municipality</strong>.<br />
www.emmaboda.se/For-invanaren/Barnomsorg-och-skola<br />
Vilhelm Mobergsgymnasiet +46 471-24 93 00<br />
www.mobergsgymnasiet.se<br />
www.teknikcollege.se<br />
Vi utför alla typer av<br />
asfaltsbeläggningar, stora som små.<br />
Asfaltbolaget Sverige AB<br />
Tel/fax. 0471-202 00 • 0730-79 78 11<br />
www.asfaltbolaget.se<br />
Asfaltbolaget<br />
Sverige AB
A HOME OF ONE’S OWN<br />
Olle will be graduating from school this year and has<br />
already begun to consider moving to his own place.<br />
<strong>Emmaboda</strong> Bostads AB (EBA) is a completely owned<br />
municipal company that manages 932 apartments and<br />
14,500 square metres of commercial premises and<br />
shops.<br />
EBA is continually building and developing new as well<br />
as existing apartments and premises. With EBA, the<br />
youngsters in the family can find housing that boasts<br />
stable, low rent combined with high quality, security<br />
and service. In collaboration with <strong>Emmaboda</strong> Energi<br />
och Miljö AB, EBA offers its tenants a broadband network<br />
with a free choice of TV, broadband and telephony<br />
providers at reasonable rates.<br />
EBA-<strong>Emmaboda</strong> Bostads AB +46 471-24 98 30<br />
www.emmabodabostadsab.se<br />
INFLUENCE<br />
Erik feels that the children’s way to school should be<br />
better illuminated, so he contacts his local politicians.<br />
For <strong>Emmaboda</strong>’s elected officials, the democratic<br />
process is very important and they do their best<br />
to enable a dialogue with their citizens. Anybody who<br />
has something to say should be able to state their<br />
Från planta till<br />
sågade & hyvlade<br />
trävaror!<br />
opinion. At certain meetings, the city council invites<br />
the public to an open forum, where anyone can ask<br />
questions directly to the council. Erik goes to one of<br />
these meetings and asks questions. This results in the<br />
family authoring a citizens’ motion for more street<br />
lighting. Being able to influence is great!<br />
EXCELLENT LOCATION<br />
After work, Anna gets a call from a good friend who<br />
wants to move to <strong>Emmaboda</strong> and maybe start her own<br />
company. Here’s a chance for these two women to<br />
start a business together!<br />
Anna explains why her friend should move to <strong>Emmaboda</strong>.<br />
“With exactly 57 kilometres to Kalmar, Växjö<br />
or Karlskrona, <strong>Emmaboda</strong> is perfectly located in the<br />
centre of Southeast Sweden.” Located at comfortable<br />
commuting distance from the region’s three main cities,<br />
the family has access to a jobs market employing<br />
over 30,000 people and with 300,000 potential customers.<br />
If you’ve set your horizons further, it’s no problem<br />
at all. Their children can easily visit friends in<br />
Copenhagen or receive visitors from Göteborg, or why<br />
not Spain<br />
Anna asks the <strong>municipality</strong>’s office for new inhabitants<br />
to get in touch with her friend so that she can receive<br />
a personal package with information about the <strong>municipality</strong><br />
before the move.<br />
Service for immigration + 46 471-24 90 42<br />
or +46 471-24 90 13<br />
Caring For<br />
The Future<br />
www.jarltimber.se<br />
MEMBER OF THE NORVIK GROUP
LEISURE<br />
Their children have a wide range of after-school activities<br />
to choose from. <strong>Emmaboda</strong>’s youth recreation<br />
centre is run by the <strong>municipality</strong> and is open three<br />
evenings a week. They also have well-developed holiday<br />
activities that include field trips and camps.<br />
All the other recreation centres are run by private<br />
associations and are open a few evenings per week.<br />
Children can hang out with both friends and adults at<br />
these centres.<br />
In the <strong>municipality</strong>, the family has their choice among<br />
180 active associations. For example, they can visit<br />
the municipal pool and workout centre. There are<br />
also a number of great indoor sports facilities as well<br />
as a newly finished field with artificial grass. The family<br />
can also go to Nöjeshuset, where they, among<br />
other things, can go bowling, work out in the gym,<br />
drive go-carts or shoot air guns.<br />
CULTURAL SCHOOL AND<br />
GO ON (SDAG)<br />
The children in the family are active students in<br />
<strong>Emmaboda</strong>’s public cultural schools. They each play<br />
an instrument and sing. At school, they can also study<br />
cinema, musical techniques and drama. The cultural<br />
school is open for all of <strong>Emmaboda</strong>’s citizens<br />
and there are no age restrictions. Every Wednesday<br />
they meet up with their friends at a unique venture<br />
called Go on (sdag). Here, they can learn to dance,<br />
make movies or jam with their band. Go on (sdag) is<br />
open for everyone in <strong>Emmaboda</strong> and is a joint-venture<br />
between various municipal operations, the youth<br />
recreation centre, Nöjeshuset, <strong>Emmaboda</strong> Folkets<br />
Hus, Allaktivitetshus, Skatehallen as well as a number<br />
of associations and various businesses. Every Wednesday<br />
until 9 PM, people can partake of a large number<br />
of cultural, entertainment and sports activities and<br />
events. Everyone is welcome to participate. Furthermore,<br />
on these Wednesdays, there are free buses to<br />
bring people to and from <strong>Emmaboda</strong>. Children with<br />
disabilities can also participate and learn through art,<br />
music and drama. On these Wednesdays, the library<br />
in <strong>Emmaboda</strong> is also open until 9 PM. Almost every<br />
week, the library is brimming with various activities,<br />
meetings with authors, story-telling cafés, book clubs<br />
and film viewings.<br />
The activities at Go On (sdag) are also open for<br />
adults.<br />
<strong>Emmaboda</strong> <strong>kommun</strong>ala kulturskola<br />
+46 471-24 92 43 or +46 471-24 92 44<br />
www.emmaboda.se/kulturskolan<br />
www.goonsdag.se<br />
EMFAB <strong>Emmaboda</strong> Fastighetsaktiebolag är ett <strong>kommun</strong>alt bolag som<br />
tillhandahåller lokaler för industri, affärer och andra verksamheter.<br />
Telefon 0471-24 90 00 • Direkt 24 90 17<br />
Kontaktperson VD Mats Carlsson
SUN AND A SEA BREEZE<br />
FOR NEXT OF KIN<br />
Grandma Berit is at home, taking care of Grandpa Kalle,<br />
who is ill. Berit is a regular visitor to the activity<br />
centres that can be found here and there around the<br />
<strong>municipality</strong>.<br />
On top of that, she can relax in an unusual way: Being<br />
next of kin to someone who is ill, she has the opportunity<br />
to get find strength and boost her spirits through<br />
a relaxing break in the Mauritius Sunshine Paradise<br />
experience room. The room gives her a holistic experience<br />
by stimulating all of her senses. She steps right<br />
onto a sandy beach where the temperature is about<br />
28 degrees Celsius (82 Fahrenheit). She sits down in a<br />
sun chair and can feel the sand between her toes as<br />
she listens to the lapping of waves and birdsong and<br />
feels a cool sea breeze.<br />
Berit can also use the workout and relaxation room.<br />
In this room, she can do some careful weight training<br />
on a vibrating disc or enjoy a moment’s relaxation in<br />
a massage chair.<br />
Berit sometimes brings a younger friend with her to<br />
her Sunshine Paradise. Both she and everyone else<br />
who is interested are welcome to experience this<br />
room for a small fee.<br />
Solparadiset Mauritius och Träning och Relax<br />
+ 46 471-24 94 89<br />
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rådgivning, ägarförändringar och outsourcing av ekonomifunktioner.<br />
Välkommen till Deloitte, www.deloitte.se.<br />
Kontor nära dig<br />
Storgatan 4, Box 143<br />
361 22 <strong>Emmaboda</strong><br />
Tfn 075-246 39 30<br />
LIBRARY<br />
The family are regular visitors to <strong>Emmaboda</strong>’s libraries.<br />
They are some of the best libraries in Sweden.<br />
With their exhibitions and wide range of various media<br />
and activities, these libraries function as meeting<br />
places where everyone is welcome. You can also order<br />
books from anywhere in Sweden, free of charge!<br />
The family can choose to borrow books at any of the<br />
branches in <strong>Emmaboda</strong>, Boda, Eriksmåla, Johansfors,<br />
Lindås, Långasjö or Vissefjärda. No matter where you<br />
live, there’s always a library nearby!<br />
www.emmaboda.se/For-invanaren/Biblioteken<br />
SECURITY<br />
Later in the evening, the parents join the night patrol<br />
which is called Nattvakten. Nattvakten is a group of<br />
volunteers who patrol an area to keep an eye on things<br />
and report any suspicious activities. The patrolling<br />
vehicle is in contact with other Nattvakten vehicles,<br />
security guards (Securitas) and the Police command<br />
centre. Very often, they also collaborate with <strong>Emmaboda</strong><br />
Nattvandrare, foot-patrolling volunteers.<br />
But it’s not just volunteers that make <strong>Emmaboda</strong> a<br />
safer place. The <strong>municipality</strong> has signed a collaborative<br />
agreement with the police which underlines the<br />
importance of collaboration and mutual preventive<br />
work. The social and family services’ personnel in the<br />
field also play a very important role in this ambition.<br />
They focus their work on youths and their parents.<br />
The social and family services offer tailor-made support<br />
to young people aged 13-23. By working with the<br />
bigger picture, they can provide help in both the short<br />
and the long run. Parents often see their preventive<br />
work out in the field. The “field workers” can be found<br />
where young people are, such as festivals and other<br />
events. That provides a sense of security.
SOMETHING FOR EVERY<br />
VISITOR<br />
The family is planning their weekend together and Erik<br />
chooses to visit the glassworks in Boda, Åfors and Johansfors.<br />
These all lie within the <strong>municipality</strong> and are<br />
a part of “Glasriket” (the Kingdom of Crystal). At the<br />
crystal museum next door to the glassworks in Johansfors,<br />
the family can learn about the manufacturing of<br />
glass at the works during the 20th century, working<br />
with well-known designers like Bengt Orup, Ingegerd<br />
Råman as well as Margareta and Erik Hennix.<br />
Erik is also a literature and history buff. He takes his<br />
family to Vilhelm Moberg’s Duvemåla, where they<br />
enjoy a cup of coffee. They continue on to Moberg’s<br />
birthplace, Moshultamåla, and visit Klasatorpet,<br />
which is the house that his literary figures Karl-Oskar<br />
and Kristina left when they moved to America in the<br />
movie “The Emigrants”. On their way home, they visit<br />
Vissefjärda. Erik tells his family about the Dacke rebellion,<br />
which took place here in 1543.<br />
This rebellion occurred as a result of grievances against<br />
the king Gustav Vasa and was led by Nils Dacke.<br />
When the sun is shining, Ida and Erik enjoy a round<br />
of golf at the <strong>Emmaboda</strong> golf course. Olle likes nature<br />
and takes the family out fishing on one of the<br />
<strong>municipality</strong>’s hundred lakes. The family can travel by<br />
various bicycle or canoe routes, both on land and by<br />
water. In the summertime, Olle enjoys visiting the different<br />
festivals in <strong>Emmaboda</strong>, especially the famous<br />
<strong>Emmaboda</strong>festivalen. Anna and Erik never miss any<br />
of the regular motoring events, such as A day at the<br />
strip.<br />
Ida likes music and brings the whole family to <strong>Emmaboda</strong><br />
Folkets hus to enjoy a high-quality, live broadcast<br />
from The Metropolitan Opera in New York City.<br />
Every time the jazz club arranges jazz soirées, you’ll<br />
find our family there digging it.<br />
www.emmaboda.se/english/tourists<br />
Tourist Information + 46 471-24 90 47<br />
or + 46 471-24 90 13<br />
Vill du slippa<br />
bli inlåst i ett slutet<br />
bredbandsnät<br />
EBA-<strong>Emmaboda</strong> Bostads AB har tillsammans med <strong>Emmaboda</strong><br />
Energi och Teracom gjort det möjligt för <strong>Emmaboda</strong> Kommuns<br />
invånare att få ett flexibelt utbud av TV- Telefoni och bredband.<br />
Du får möjlighet att välja fritt mellan flera olika leverantörer<br />
- vilket ger bättre tjänster och lägre priser!<br />
Långgatan 4<br />
www.emmabodabostadsab.se