The Mayor of Galicia, Miguel Fernandez-Lores

Mayor Miguel Fernandez-Lores is the main architect of the project. The mayor was a medical doctor before he became there and it's improving the physical and mental health of the population that is the driving force behind the project. When I became mayor the city had 73,000 inhabitants now we have 85,000. We're growing in the context in which the region of Galicia is losing 10,000 inhabitants a year. Ten years ago people in their 30s wanted to leave Pontiveira because they saw no future. Now there are new businesses growing up related to new technologies,. co-working centres each with 20 or 30 companies using them. There's a feeling of self-esteem,