On Wednesday, 20 March, the Toscana
Sportiva event was held, an occasion for the President of the Tuscany region, Eugenio Giani,
to address the issue of the investments made in the sports facilities in aid of
the sporting activity of the citizens. The event was hosted by the Technical
Centre of Coverciano, a temple of sport in Italy, where the President stated
that “In Tuscany sport is a circular,
sustainable and equitable system, it is a combination of different yet
interlaced activities and disciplines,
which constitute the Toscana Sportiva system and, thereby, the Region’s
strategies”.
During the event, the President of
the Region presented the scenario of the subsidies that have been granted for
the last three years: “Overall, in the period from 2021 up to 2023, we have already
allocated almost 65 million euros aimed at the improvement of the Tuscan sports
facilities. Moreover, this year we intend to allocate another 8 million euros
of financial contributions”. And more: “Sport, and in
particular grassroots sport, and therefore facilities and related structures,
are a fundamental element of the region's governance. Equipping cities and
towns with gyms, sports fields, and athletic tracks in step with the times is a
choice that, we believe, characterizes, and distinguishes the civilization of a
community, in this instance of our regional community”. As of today,
195 Tuscan municipalities out of 273 have benefited from these investments in
just three years. These important numbers, that allow Tuscany to rank second
among the ordinary regions concerning subsidies in the field of sport, confirm
its will to operate tangibly with its investments to improve the quality of the
sports service offered by the Region.
The press conference has also
involved plenty of Tuscan athletes, such as the tennis player Valentina
Padula, the swimmer and medalist Lorenzo Zazzeri and Savino del bene
Volley’s Brand Ambassador, Veronica Angeloni, whose participation paid
tribute to the commitment of the Region to sport. The former football
player Francesco
Toldo and the tennis player Lorenzo Musetti have
also intervened with a video message to thank President Giani and the Region
for the work they have been carrying out for the last few years regarding the
improvement of the sports facilities to benefit all citizens. Other guests
of the event were the paralympic water polo player Federico Fattori, the
paralympic cyclist Riccardo Rossi,
alongside Rari Nantes’ water polo coach Alexandra Cotti and Rari
Nantes Florentia’s water polo coach Laura Perego.
The event was also the occasion to
announce the new logo of Toscana Sportiva, which will bring together all the
sporting events that the Region will support, and all the places dedicated to
the sport recreation at the service of citizens. The new logo, inspired by the
symbol of the circle and which is a tribute to the Tuscan artist Michelangelo
Buonarroti and to the 5 circles of the Olympics, symbolizes all the provinces
of the Region that contribute make the whole territory of Tuscany one of a
kind.
