Planning
and protecting in Coastal Picardy
Having
had the luck of being acquainted with the SMACOPI as soon as it
was created and of succeeding to Max Lejeune, I can say that the
path followed, though full of obstacles, has been in all respects
a remarkable one. It has taken us many years to finally win over
to the idea that the development of tourism must be based on strong
and vigorous politics that protect the natural environment. Belle
Dune is the synthesis of the SMACOPI 's work during the past 20
years. It is : a tool to protect, to open dialogues with coastal
towns, a property and financial operation, a catalyst of the efforts
made by public services in terms of territorial planning with the
assistance of the Somme Department, the Picardy Region, The French
State and the European Community. It also shows we can be in charge
of important infrastructure works, manager of tourist facilities
and lastly, a determining factor in the development of private investment,
as the presence of Pierre & Vacances shows - the prime European
owner of leisure properties.
André Leduc President of the SMACOPI |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Belle Dune Presenting the operation to the press M. Gérard Brémont, General Managing Director of the
Pierre & Vacances Group and M. Leduc, President of the SMACOPI
welcomed the 30 journalists who came to find out about the site,
in the company of M. Demilly, President of the Somme General Council
and of Mme Hart, Regional Councillor.
M. Cornette, Manager of the SMACOPI, raised
the Mixed Syndicate's involvement in the project which combines
an innovating concept in a unique site.
The site, located in a protected environment, with leisure facilities
and a specific architectural style that blends in well with the
surroundings, is the result of an exemplary collaboration between
the french state, the Regional Council of Picardy and the Somme
General Council, the towns of Quend and Fort-Mahon and the Pierre
& Vacances Groupe.
|
