Pardubice will map all the brownfields in the city

Pardubice - The Pardubice City Hall will map out unused industrial sites in the city, of which there are about three dozen. The city owns four of them. A detailed overview of brownfields will assist the magistrate in their development and provide necessary materials for potential buyers. All information will be available on the city’s website. The ČTK was informed about this by the project coordinator Hana Svobodová.
    Officials must first visit all the sites, photograph them, and gather information from their owners. The database will then contain descriptions of abandoned industrial sites, photo documentation, and excerpts from the zoning plan. This should create comprehensive information for potential investors.
    "Everything will also be recorded in the national database of the agency for business and investment support, CzechInvest," Svobodová stated.
    The vast majority of brownfields belong to private owners, with only four locations owned by the city. One of them is the site of the former Tesla, which the city obtained for free from the region.
    "Pardubice has quite a lot of unused industrial areas, most of which have great potential. We want to help their development as much as possible," said Michal Koláček, Deputy Mayor (Association for Pardubice).
    The city is considering demolishing the buildings and then offering the cleared area to investors. The former Tesla has been abandoned since the late 1990s. The only buyer, which was Foxconn, ultimately decided to build the factory elsewhere and transferred the site to the region for a symbolic crown. According to the Friends of Pardubice Club and other patriots, it would be a shame to demolish the main building along the railway line. They believe it would be suitable for a museum of technology and industry.
    "Pardubice has a tradition of electrical engineering. As early as 1922, the production of telegraphs began here by the company Telegrafia, and later electrical production expanded, and the company Tesla Pardubice became a well-known name," said Jan Řeháček, Managing Director of the Friends of Pardubice Club, to the ČTK.
    An industrial museum in Pardubice already existed. It was established in 1912 and from 1931 was located in a representative building that now houses a food school. The industrial museum ceased to exist during the war after 1940.
    "When we think of a museum, we certainly don’t envision halls with display cases and exhibited items with descriptive labels. Today, it is possible to present technology interactively, interestingly, even for the younger generation. And it is not unrealistic for similar projects to be financed through grant titles," added Řeháček.