TARNOBRZEG COUNCIL32 Kościuszki St.

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... and modernity

InvestmentsTarnobrzeg has thoroughly modernised the majority of its main roads. Th e water and sewage management system has undergone full-scale improvement thanks to over 12 000 000 euro from the EU Cohesion Fund. Moreover – the construction of the Tarnobrzeg Industrial and Technologi-cal Park, co-fi nanced by the Operational Programme De-velopment of Eastern Poland, has already started.

CollegeTh ere are over 2500 students of the Pań-stwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa im. prof. Stanisława Tarnowskiego (na-tional vocational college) in Tarno-brzeg, and the city gained the vibrant life and an air of an academic city thanks to their acti-vities.

StreetsCity streets look diff erent today. Last year alone over 30 kms of roads have been modernised, tens of kilometers of pave-ments put, as well as hundreds of new parking places made.

SchoolsNew schools, gyms, modernised and renovated buildings – education has been the priority of the Tarnobrzeg local government for years.

SportRobert Korzeniowski – Olympic champion in race walking, Alfred Freyer – athlete, Cezary Kucharski – football play-er – all of them started their careers in Tarnobrzeg. Today’s youth of Tarnobrzeg follows their steps. Among them – wo-men’s table tennis players who have won the title of team champions of Poland 18 times during the last 19 years and have twice won the 2nd place during the Europe Cup championships.

LeisureTh ere are modern leisure spaces on the river Wisła banks – a skate park, a trial park, tennis courts – they are the beginning of a new leisure centre. Also a modernised swimming pool containing a slide, a Ja-cuzzi, a sauna, and a modern fi tness centre, is the local attraction.

Machowskie LakeFor nearly 40 years the Polish gold, sulphur, has been mi-ned here. Soon there will be beaches, a marina, hotels – one of the biggest Polish artifi cial lakes is set to be made here.

students of the Pań-stwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa

gained the vibrant

an academic city

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Tradition...

The City SquareWith an area of over 1,3 hectares it is the largest one in the region. It was re-made in the 90s. Today it is the tra-ditional meeting place for the people of Tarnobrzeg, no-tably the young ones. It is tenderly called the Red Square (thanks to red tiles used to pave it).

DominicansDominicans are present in Tarnobrzeg for the past 400 years. A baro-que Dominican cloister hosts Matka Boska Dzi-kowska, a famous pa-inting of the Dzikowska Holy Mary, who for cen-turies has been prayed to for protection by the city inhabitants and pil-grims alike.

MiechocinThis is the cradle of the city. 700 years ago Miechocin Academy has pre-pared students to study at the Jagiel-lonian University.

Dominican Fair The tradition of the 16th century has been made alive at the end of the 20th century. The Fair takes pla-ce in the City Square on the Dominican cloister patron saint’s day.

Tarnobrzeg DaysTarnobrzeg Days are orga-nized on the last weekend of May – to celebrate the anni-versary of the city founda-tion. Even 20 thousand pe-ople gather in the Wisła me-adows to witness the many attractions and participate in musical events.

Drama „Barbórka Drama” me-ans the best Polish the-atres and magnificent actors. It is one of the rare occasions to see the most interesting of Polish theatre performances.

WOŚPFor several years Tarnobrzeg has hosted Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (Great Orchestra of Christmas Cha-rity), which has been genero-usly supported by its citizens. Every year, The Great Finale of the Orchestra is accompa-nied by a variety of attrac-tions, concerts and a lot of fun, everything for noble aim

On a blues note Satyrblues Festival, a unique in Europe, has gathered for the 10th time blues stars and the best Polish come-dians.

TARNOBRZEG – a friendly city Tarnobrzeg is situated in south-eastern Poland and sprawls on the right bank of the river Wisła. It used to be called the capital of the Polish sulphur, today it is one of the main cities in the region of Podkarpacie. It has a lot going like a Special Economical Zone – the youngest and fast developing or the Industrial and Technological Park under construction. The Ma-chowskie Lake provides perfect conditions to actively seek refreshment on its side – its area is almost 500 hectares and the water 40 meters deep and extraordinarily clean. Still our greatest treasure is the people of Tarnobrzeg – friendly, outspoken and kind. Hence the city is a friendly one, too - to its people, investors and visitors. It is an attractive place to run a business and make investments.

Tarnobrzeg stands out as a city with a very efficient in-frastructure, low costs of using the production property and professional supplementary services. Qualified per-sonnel, big postindustrial property, qualified personnel, big postindustrial property and the infrastructure well

Tarnobrzeg Industrial and Technological Park

Machowskie LakeThe Machowskie Lake, created where the sulphur mine used to be, offers perfect conditions to practise water sports – sailing, windsurfing and others. The lake has an area of almost 500 hectare and is 40 meters deep. This world-unique venture starts to bear fruits. Every year the lake hosts visitors and participants of the boat-race and windsurfing competition which accompany a shanty fe-stival. It has to be mentioned that the water is very clean and clear, the lake suitable for stocking with fish – soon it will surely become a heaven for divers and anglers. The Ma-chowskie Lake is a great opportunity for Tarnobrzeg and its people. It is likely to become a place where not only the locals spend their free time in an attractive and in-teresting way. Hopefully it will become a regional leisure centre visited by tourists from all over Poland.

Tarnowski Castle in Dzików The Tarnowski Palace in Dzików (today a part of Tar-nobrzeg) is one of the most magnificent buildings in the region. It has been erected by the Tarnowski family in the 17th century. The Dzików Castle is currently undergoing a revaluation but a number of the Tarnobrzeg Museum exhibits can already be viewed there. The renovation of the castle is financed in a great part from the EU funds. From the end of August 2007 a part of collections has been opened in the renovated castle cellar. It is presen-

ting the archaeology of Tarnobrzeg, Miechocin pottery of 16th-18th century and the history of the Dzików Castle on 9 maquettes, showing the castle how it looked through the ages. There are also temporary exhibitions presented in castle cellars and once a month Thursday Castle Eve-nings are celebrated.

Modernising of the province road No. 871Tarnobrzeg has been investing in modernising its trans-port system for years. During the last 5 years alone 50 kms of new roads, hundreds of new parking places and over 20 kms of cycle lanes have been built. At present Tarno-brzeg is starting the biggest road investment in its history. A province road No. 871 running through the city will be thoroughly modernised and an overpass over a rail route from Warsaw to Rzeszów erected. The construction will cost over 50 000 000 PLN. The investment is being carried out within the frames of the Operational Programme De-velopment of Eastern Poland. The European Union will add 30 000 000 PLN to it.

developed. The city will receive 20 000 000 PLN for this purpose from the Operational Programme Development of Eastern Poland. Tarnobrzeg Industrial and Technolo-gical Park are included in the Tarnobrzeg Special Econo-mical Zone.