ESPOO MAGAZINE 2/2020

editorial
In the editorial,
Jukka Mäkelä takes
a stand on issues of
current interest in the
City of Espoo.
Jukka Mäkelä is the Mayor of Espoo.
We can make
it together
Espoo residents have taken care of each other
in many ways, being adaptive, flexible and
compliant with instructions. Together, we have
ensured that we can cope in these exceptional
circumstances.
Now we have to look to the future. Cities will
play a major role in providing welfare society
services, in investing in growth and in generating
a new ascent after the coronavirus crisis. Cities
need cooperation, predictability and support
from the central government in order to weather
this crisis. The funding base of the public sector
has deteriorated to an unprecedented extent
due to the coronavirus crisis. Accordingly, we are
launching a programme titled Taloudellisesti
kestävä Espoo [Economically sustainable
Espoo]. Now is not the time to add to the duties
and obligations of local government.
The coronavirus crisis is having an impact
particularly on cities like Espoo that finance
their services with tax revenue. This must be
taken into account in the support measures of
the central government. Large cities also have
the potential to launch revitalising projects with
significant employment impacts. Infrastructure
investments, for instance, promote employment,
growth, competitiveness and carbon neutrality
all at once.
We need partnership and close cooperation
now like never before. We can make it together.
Jukka Mäkelä
Mayor
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Contents
3 | Calendar and picks
Remember these this summer.
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8 | Theme
Necessity is the mother of invention during the epidemic.
14 | At your service
Annina Artman from the kitchen at the Painiitty daycare centre.
15 | What's on
The summer is full of events.
20 | Right now
Leppävaara undergoes sustainable growth.
23 | Encounters
Being different means being conspicuous.
24 | Pearl
The Pentala Archipelago Museum reopens.
26 | Espoo people
Student teams are active at Juvanpuiston koulu school.
28 | Swedish in Espoo
Pentala Island – a historical archipelago community.
30 | We
Espoo for the nature recreation enthusiast.
31 | My Espoo
Villas were big in the 1920s.
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