The Historic Center of Mérida needs a lot of improvement. A rescue of properties, parks, and churches is urgently needed, said Zázil Guadalupe Canto Ureña, the new president of the Board of Trustees for the Preservation of the Historic Center of the City of Mérida 2024-2027.
“A beautiful Historic Center will result in many things, everything is reflected in the economy, from the hoteliers and restaurants to the shops and markets,” she stated.
“We have to help the markets, which are a neuralgic point, provide them with training so that they attract more people,” he said. “The Historic Center is the commercial heart and we must take care of it,” she stressed.
Among the organization’s current plans is the signing of a collaboration agreement with the Mérida City Council.
“We have been working with the authorities for 21 years to guide them on what is next because the work does not only consist of saying that they fix the streets and the facades…, it is not like that. Everything has an order and continuity,” she noted.
The new board of directors of the Board of Trustees includes Raymundo Vargas León as commissioner, Enrique Ancona Teigell as treasurer, and Enrique Duarte Aznar as secretary. The new president took over from Luis Enrique Roche Correa.
The new directive was presented in the Casona Peón, a 19th-century building on 62nd Street between 63 and 65.
The new president, Zazil Canto, pointed out that the association’s immediate plans are to educate young people and children about using this area of the Yucatecan capital.
Campaigns and activities will be carried out for young people and children, in collaboration with the City Council, she said.
In addition, she recalled that 16 years ago when she was president of the association for the first time, they held a workshop for children where they showed them the Historical Center and at that time they did not know that they could have free access to those places.
The board has 16 councilors from different areas such as hoteliers, architects, and engineers. “So we can cover the area of culture, heritage conservation, or our heritage areas since we have experts in these topics,” he noted.
“Our goal is to have a living, functional, and accessible center for everyone,” he indicated.
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