After a few months of work, Grand Jardin has been renovated and the new leisure sports facility for all was inaugurated by Mayor Pierre Aschieri (photo in cameo).
He thanked “Les Bureaux du soleil for their financial contribution of 30,000 euros” before launching the challenge of “a match between elected officials and municipal agents,” while young people rushed to test the facilities, including a city stadium given by the municipality of Théoule-sur-Mer, represented by Martine Phal.
“It was proposed to small villages that did not respond or were not interested. Only Mouans-Sartoux said yes,” clarified the municipality’s spokeswoman. “It would have been a shame to throw it away when it is in perfect condition.”
A win-win deal for the young people in the neighborhood and for the planet.
Designed by the City’s technical services, with the involvement of the road service and the participation of the Green Spaces and the SEML Eaux de Mouans, this development aimed to tick all the boxes: practical, ecological, and friendly.
A high-end site
The old stabilized football field has been replaced by a multi-sport enclosure with synthetic turf and ball nets.
The basketball court has been relocated, covered with a light and draining coating to limit heat and promote water flow.
A ping-pong table, new benches, and a drinking water fountain complete the set with the bonus of non-consumed water reused for watering.
The parking lot has also been expanded to sixty spaces, including two for people with reduced mobility and a dedicated space for bicycles, on permeable floors, and the cutting of two maple trees will be compensated by seventeen trees to come, providing shade.
In terms of lighting, the LED lights with presence detection operate until 9 p.m. to limit energy consumption and preserve biodiversity, and a camera will be installed to enhance the site’s tranquility.
“It was good, now it’s beautiful”
Yacine Fall, president of the Sporting de Club Mouans-Sartoux, fully endorses the changes: “For basketball, it’s much better in terms of floor markings or safety. It allows us to play outside of training hours in a region where we can fully enjoy the outdoors.”
The practitioners also agree. “Nothing but positives,” for Yoro, Nathan, Mathis, Melvin who are used to meeting under the baskets “to meet other players and with new equipment, there will be even more traffic.”
Just next to it, the same principle of free access for footballers starting a match under the eyes of Gueye Baye Abdou, a sports educator, and Namik Remous, a firefighter and municipal councilor, both content neighbors.
“It was just fair, now it’s beautiful, and such spaces are important for the life of a neighborhood. A city stadium is an environment of exchange, and we know that sports keep people away from bad paths.”
These childhood friends see this renovation as a relay: “We grew up here, it was our training center.”
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