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2023-02-22T07:56:10.331Z


Wherever you look around Netanya, you will notice the unprecedented development and facelift that the city is undergoing in almost every area: starting with the new neighborhoods and the developing employment center, through the bathing beaches, promenades and parks, to the significant investment in the field of education and culture - all these make it one of the most well-kept and advanced cities in the country.


In cooperation with the Municipality of Netanya

The main success in the development of the new residential complexes can be attributed to the promotion of infrastructure for housing and the development of the leisure, community and cultural centers, which give the residents social cohesion, create for them an identification with the place of residence and contribute to their quality of life.

And there is no shortage of examples.

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Among other things, the municipality, in cooperation with the Lottery, completed the construction of the community center on Yair Stern Street in the center of Netanya with an investment of about seven million shekels.

Yair Stern Community Center, photo: courtesy of architect Yoav Messer

The municipality also completed the construction of another community center, on Radek Street. The neighborhood center, which was established with an investment of approximately NIS 6.5 million, is the second of the public buildings to be built in the complex, and was designed to combine the needs of education and the community in one complex, for the well-being of the residents .

The construction plan for the complex includes, among other things, the new center, a cluster of gardens that already exists, and the construction of an elementary school, a neighborhood sports hall, an open public space and a bicycle path.


On top of that, the upgraded community center of Navot Ganim has been re-opened.

The place was upgraded with funding from the Municipality of Netanya, the National Insurance Institute and the Society for Communities, and it enables the expansion of the blessed work that takes place in the center throughout the whole year.

A new community center was also inaugurated in the young Agami neighborhood.

The place is a cultural and community center and offers a variety of classes and sessions, lectures and events for children and teenagers.

Special attention is given to seniors who benefit from morning activities of classes, lectures and quality meetings.

The new community and cultural centers join the centers that have already been established in the neighborhoods of Kiryat Hasharon, Ir Yamim, Nof Galim and Sokolov Street in the north of the city.


In the south of Netanya, "Metafa Soul" was inaugurated - a music center for children and youth with disabilities, which operates within the network of community centers. In the new center - in which they invested their heart and soul - emphasis is placed on integration between youth with and without disabilities, and it is designed to give every boy and girl the opportunity For expression and fulfillment and to serve as a lever to change attitudes towards people with disabilities, for a society that guarantees equality.

The municipality recently inaugurated the "Beer Halev" complex of the welfare and social security directorate.

The complex includes three frameworks: two clubs for children and a space for girls and young women.

The importance of the complex is great, as the children of the clubs get a "second home" where they receive a hot meal every day, homework help, enrichment activities and classes, as well as a comprehensive therapeutic envelope.

The announcement of the conservation work at Beit Landa, photo: Ran Eliyahu

Respect for local history as well

Local history is also addressed in Netanya.

Recently, the municipality launched a tender process to carry out meticulous conservation work of "Beit Landa".

This is a building that was used as the private home of the Landa family, one of the founders of the city, which is located in Founders Square.

The unique building is expected to become a cultural club in the center of Netanya with a cafe, intimate shows by artists and meetings of creators from various fields.

One of the rooms in the place will be used as a memorial room for the father of the family.

In cooperation with the lottery, the municipality launched a cultural, recreation and leisure complex for the youth of Netanya and the young people of the city - "Rubiz 1929".

This is the first complex of its kind in Netanya (at the Netanya Stadium, Upper Stand, 3B), which offers young people to experience, enjoy and connect, with live performances, an open stage for artists, lectures and workshops, a social space for networking and a lot of young atmosphere.

Those 18 and older are invited to sit at the bar and enjoy good music and quality time with people like them.

And if the young people deserve it - then of course also the seniors, who will be able to enjoy a special center that will cover 1,300 square meters on two floors. The center, whose establishment will be made possible thanks to a generous donation, will include classrooms, a multi-purpose hall, a gym, art spaces, and a garden terrace Beautiful by the highest standards.

At the same time, two existing buildings in Ramat Polg will be renovated and converted into the "Orientation, Growth and Culture Center for Senior Citizens", which will include a UP 60+ center for planning, managing and maintaining an active and independent life;

"The place - a house of meaning";

And extensive services will be provided in the fields of culture, leisure, enrichment and society.

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The future promises good things in Netanya for sports fans as well, with the establishment of a sports hall for basketball games and shows that will be built near the municipal stadium.

The planning of the new arena has already been approved by the basketball association as well as by the lottery, which has a significant share in the financing of the project.

The hall will have 2500 seats and will be adapted for basketball games and shows.

Arena.

View from the outside, photo: visualization of the new sports hall in Netanya

In addition to the arena, four new sports halls, two soccer training fields, two petanque courts and a paddle tennis court are planned to be built in Netanya.

The municipality also submitted a call for the construction of a swimming pool for competitions and swimming lessons for school students.

In cooperation with the Municipality of Netanya

Source: israelhayom

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