The three-year renovation and expansion of Finnish International School of Tampere (FISTA) is ready. The renovated facilities of the school, located on Satakunnankatu in Amuri, will be in use when the school year starts on 10 August 2017.
Approximately 2,100 first grade students will begin their primary education in Tampere this autumn, when the comprehensive schools of Tampere begin their school years on Thursday 10 August 2017.
Construction of the tramway at Tuulensuu on Hämeenkatu will move to the next phase, which will introduce new changes to traffic arrangements. Westward car traffic at Tuulensuu will be discontinued on 3 August from 9 a.m. onwards.
A regional pilot project for labour force and business services begins in Pirkanmaa on 1 August 2017. The municipalities will become responsible for services for the unemployed in Tampere, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Punkalaidun, Sastamala, Vesilahti and Ylöjärvi. The change will affect about 22,000 unemployed job-seekers. From the start of August, services to unemployed job-seekers who are eligible for the labour market subsidy or basic unemployment allowance will be provided by the municipality instead of by the Employment and Economic Development Office.