Community strengths

Town/Community:

• sustainable development of the Community on the basis of:
  • Development Strategy,
  • Local Development Plan;
• favourable economic and social conditions;
• community is in a good situation;
• dynamic development of the community, as evidenced by increasing budget revenues;
• low business activity costs (including taxes);
• membership in associations as well as local and transregional unions;
• takes actions to prevent corruption among local government officials;

Office:

• quick and efficient decision making;
• short deadlines for issuing decisions and permits;
• service is provided in the following languages:
  • English,
  • German;
• well qualified and competent staff;
• creative staff;
• wide experience in obtaining external resources (including EU funds) - high effectiveness;
• tax exemptions;
• radio, TV and press coverage of local business initiatives;
• cultural and business relations with foreign partners in the framework of partner towns;
• close cooperation between local government and entrepreneurs;
• close cooperation between local authorities and entrepreneurs;
• environmentally friendly community investment;
• thriving Community Information Centre;

Location:

• advantageous location in the vicinity of the country′s border in: the North-East;
• conveniently located in the vicinity of: Wrocław, Poznań;
• conveniently located in the vicinity of passenger airport in: Wrocław;
• attractive geographical location for tourism-related activity;
• conveniently located at the crossing of important communications routes;
• picturesque location of the community;
• conveniently located in the vicinity of railway hubs in: Ostrów Wielkopolski, Kalisz, Wrocław;

Environment:

• clean environment;
• environment protection is a matter of importance for the authorities;
• there is no industry harmful to the environment;
• selective waste collection throughout the community area;
• tourism-related advantages that favour active leisure activities:
  • forests,
  • rivers,
  • tourist routes,
  • water routes,
  • landscape parks,
  • nature reserves;
• rich mineral deposits;
• building material deposits;
• rich deposits of therapeutic peat;
• mild climate;
• areas of protected nature;
• natural features of historic importance;
• rich flora and fauna unique to the community area;

Culture/sport/leisure:

• interesting tourism opportunities, for more details, see:
  • www.odolanow.pl,
  • www.odolanow.net;
• numerous culture centres of various profiles;
• buildings of historical, cultural and religious interest (monuments):
  • www.odolanow.pl,
  • www.odolanow.net;
• rich calendar of cultural and social events - numerous mass cultural, entertainment or sports events:
  • www.odolanow.pl;
• active Community Culture Centre;
• horse studs - opportunities for horse riding and other forms of horse tourism;
• tourist routes of varying difficulty - opportunities for hiking;
• excellent fishing grounds - important angling resources;
• excellent hunting grounds - organised hunting events;
• culture and sports facilities hosting events at the:
  • national level,
  • international level;
• specialised sports and recreation centres for sports professionals:
  • performance and sports halls;
• sports fields and pitches open for all;
• active sports clubs;
• well-developed hotel and tourist services network;
• maintaining and developing cultural tradition: folk music, handicraft, etc.;

Education and training:

• dense network of primary and lower secondary schools:
  • primary schools: 11,
  • lower secondary schools: 2;
• thriving research and development institutes;
• well-qualified potential staff of various training levels and profiles;
• a variety of professional qualifications among the inhabitants;
• well-qualified teaching staff;
• high quality equipment in education facilities;
• computer rooms open for all;
• extensive network of kindergartens and creches;
• numerous public libraries of varying types;
• community authorities support for the professional development of teachers;

Society:

• actively involved inhabitants;
• inhabitants are willing to work;
• high working standards;
• high percentage of inhabitants at productive age;
• positive birth rate;
• well-functioning social care facilities;
• particular care for public safety;
• sustainable birth rate;
• welcoming and friendly inhabitants;
• inhabitants await new investment;
• inhabitants are oriented towards new and innovative social and economic measures;
• thriving rural women associations;

Technical Infrastructure:

• modern technical and public utility infrastructure;
• operating rubbish dump at close distance;
• organised waste management (own rubbish dump and waste segregation);
• good road infrastructure:
  • regional roads network,
  • district roads network;
• good Internet connections;

Business Infrastructure within the Community:

• tax incentives and other reliefs for investors;
• actively operating organisations for enterprise;
• wide variety of banking services;
• dynamic enterprise growth;
• diversified structure of business entities;
• well-organised healthcare system;
• active involvement of social organisations;
• well-developed telecommunications infrastructure;
• a large number of Polish enterprises;
• access to railway with a siding;

Investment:

• valid space development plans covering community investment areas;
• level of community spending on own investment is increased every year;
• attractive prices of land;
• easy road access to investment areas;
• investment areas in attractive locations;
• favourable conditions for housing development;
• favourable conditions for holiday housing development;
• favourable conditions for agricultural tourism activity;
• favourable conditions for healthy and ecological food production;
• excellent natural conditions for tourism and recreation or accommodation activities;
• favourable conditions for the development of tourism-related activities and services;
• positive attitude towards investment;
• existing resources for the development of food processing plants;
• buildings available for adaptation by investors;

Agriculture:

• modern agricultural practices (technologically advanced agriculture);
• favourable conditions for ecological farm practices;
• vast areas of arable land;
• high quality soil and favourable agroclimate conditions that enable diversified farm production, including most demanding plants;
• high ecological quality of agriculture products;

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