MÉRIDA.- The mayor of Mérida, Cecilia Patrón Laviada, announced that the temporary ice rink that he City hall will open on Sunday the 7th, it will be in a private property on the corner of Montejo Walk con Colon Avenue.
“This is a property that they gave us on loan and we signed an agreement. It’s a person I know and who has this space“, reported the mayor during her weekly press conference, which she offered this morning.
This is what the free ice rink in Mérida will be like: these are the dates
He land has more than a thousand square metersbecause in addition to the track, which will measure about 15 by 25 meters, a slide and a craft market. Up to 70 people can be on the track at the same time.
The municipal president recalled that The track will open to the public until Sunday, December 7 to January 7and that the access will be free.
The City Council will provide skates to attendees, who must necessarily wear socks, otherwise they will not be able to enter.
“We want everyone to enjoy this space and above all we must understand that Christmas is a space for coexistence, so that as a community we are united, because for me reinforcing community unity is fundamental for the social peace that we love so much.”.
The opening of the track is part of the activities that the Commune carries out on the occasion of the Christmas.
In that sense, he announced that the day after tomorrow, Wednesday at 5:30 in the afternoon, the lighting of the Christmas tree of the Big Squarewhere, like every other, a monumental nativity scene was installed.
The mayor announced that throughout the week there will be activities to mark the december holidays.
Today, Monday, for example, the lighting of the decoration will take place in the Park Subdivision, and tomorrow, Tuesday, in El Papa Park, in the John Paul II subdivisionand in the San Antonio Xluch neighborhood.
Support for young artists and people with disabilities
On another topic, Cecilia Patrón also announced that within the framework of the International Day of People with Disabilitieswhich will be held on Wednesday the 3rd, the Mérida city council will carry out a series of activities this week.
These include talks, conferences, a basketball tournament and the presentation of the musical “The lion king”.
The municipal president also reported that the calls for applications are now open. municipal funds 2026 for Young creators and Creators with experience that present projects in the areas of music, theater, dance, circus art, cinema and interpretation, among other disciplines.
The results will be announced on March 16, 2026.
On another topic, and as he has done in previous press conferences, Patrón Laviada spoke about the public works that have been carried out since his administration began.
About him public lightingsaid that more than 45 thousand LED lamps have already been installed in 262 neighborhoods and police stations.
In the case of bachesassured that they have already been attended to more than 339 thousand in 344 neighborhoods and 29 police stations.
Likewise, he highlighted that $471,083,112.82 has already been invested in the construction and repaving of streets. He highlighted that more than 104 kilometers of streets in 119 neighborhoods and police stations have already been built and repaved, and that 18.46 kilometers are in process.
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