The revised plan is to use the space for tourism promotion
Two windows were placed at the base of the kiosk that would serve as a display area for the merchants. Photo: Courtesy.
Editor: Contrary to the original plan, the fruit vendors located next to the DIF building in Jocotopec will not be moving to the base of the kiosk in the main square.
Semanario Laguna originally reported that the two street vendors who continued to sell on the public road would occupy the space, which has been adapted so that they could offer their products from inside the historic infrastructure. But there may be a change of plans.
The current plan is to use the space for tourist purposes, which have not yet been specified, and although we have tried to request information through social networks, there has been no response.
The original idea of putting vendors in the kiosk caused controversy among citizens, both in social networks, as well as people consulted in public, considering that it was a public property with historical importance.
«I can’t believe what they want to do. It’s an historical space, and besides, what are the poor vendors going to do locked up all day in that small space? It doesn’t seem right to me,» commented one Jocotepec resident.
«I’m not against the merchants, but it wouldn’t be appropriate. It’s one of the tourist images we have. People come to visit the town and the first thing they look for is the main square to take a souvenir photo. There are other spaces where the merchants can be located,» wrote Lupita Becerra in social networks.
In contrast, both the former director of social communication, Felipe Aguilar Montes de Oca, and one of the Public Services workers who worked on the intervention of the space, commented that the kiosk would indeed be suitable for installing street vendors.
«This adaptation work is being done inside the kiosk for only one of the fruit vendors who have yet to be relocated. As far as I know, it is for the one who has been selling here in the plaza the longest,» Montes de Oca said in this regard.
Although an attempt was made to contact the City Hall to find out the reasons why the project was revised, as well as the new project for which it will be destined, there was no response.
Translated by Sandy Britton
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