The plan for the creation of an "Old Market" in the shopping center of Paphos, submitted for discussion by the municipal councilor of DIKO in the Municipality of Paphos, Agathi Savvidou, causes favorable comments from professional bodies and ordinary citizens. A common assessment of all is that the plan proposed by Ms. Savvidou is clearly supportive of the Municipality's long-standing efforts to further revitalize its shopping center, while it is also considered to be easily implemented from a logistical point of view due to the available spaces that exist.
The proposal submitted last month by Agathi Savvidou, according to her, aims to create a space in the city center that can be called "Paphos Old Market". It is a space that is currently absent from the city, she analyzes in her proposal, which will be a lively, open space, where people will not just come to see, but to live, taste, buy, create and meet people. Enough of simple museums and exhibition spaces, she points out.
Paphos needs a new lease of life, a place that creates movement from morning to night and is a point of reference for both residents and visitors. The "Old Market", according to Agathi Savvidou, will be able to include local products and their producers, Cypriot gastronomy and restaurants, live preparation workshops and classes, the purchase of products from Paphos creators, spaces for families and children, a library, and coworking, a courtyard and meeting spaces, as well as space for the local community and young entrepreneurs.
It will not be a space that simply presents Paphos, but a space that produces life in Paphos she emphasizes. Not only to look at the past of the city, but to create a space that will give life to the present and perspective to its future. Paphos doesn't need a building to visit yet, she points out, we need a place where we can taste, buy, create, learn and meet, she concludes.
