31.5.2016 10.00

Tampere hakee vuoden 2016 Euroopan innovaatiopääkaupungiksi

Competition to boost Tampere’s economy – a million euros up for grabs

The Tampere3 – the Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Tampere University of Technology and the University of Tampere – have joined forces to organise a competition designed to boost the city’s economy. The organisers are looking forward to receiving proposals that will deliver the maximum innovative impact on the city’s economy. The City of Tampere has allocated a total of EUR 1 million for the competition from its business promotion fund.

19.5.2016 14.21

Info session about summer events in Tampere 1.6.2016

Info session about summer events in Tampere will take place 1.6.2016 at 17 - 19 at Monitoimitalo 13, auditorium Stenvall (address is Satakunnankatu 13). A lot of information about many summer events in Tampere: parks, museums, beaches, Finnish language courses and hobbies.

18.5.2016 14.44

Tampere City Council has approved the consortium made up of SRV Group Plc and SRV Construction Ltd as the implementer of the Central Deck and Arena, as well as the project implementation agreement

After an almost three-hour discussion, Tampere City Council approved, on 16 May, the implementation agreement of the Central Deck and Arena project and the project partner. During the handling some of the participants proposed tabling the matter and rejecting the City Council’s proposal. These proposals lost in the votes by 61-6 and 60-7. At the beginning of the handling, the project was presented in public, but, due to certain confidential information, the matter was discussed behind closed doors.

17.5.2016 13.23

Tampere primary schools to adopt new curriculum from August

Tampere schools are preparing to adopt the new curriculum. The new basic education curriculum will be implemented in its entirety across the city’s primary schools from August 2016.

6.5.2016 9.51

Kuvasovite: Raitiotievaunu kesäisellä Insinöörinkadulla Hervannassa, Kuva: Ari Järvelä, Tampereen kaupunki/Havainnekuva ja kuvankäsittely IDIS Design Oy

Tram line street designs on display in Hervanta

Street designs related to the planning of the Tampere tramline, specifically in the Hervanta district, will be on display from 2 May to 16 May. The street design draft for Insinöörikatu covers the section Kanjoninkatu–Arkkitehdinkatu. Street designs have been completed for Hervannan valtaväylä, the section between Rieväkatu and Laulumaankatu, and the section between Arkkitehdinkatu and Ruskontie. The designs for Kanjoninkatu, Hermiankatu and Atomipolku are also on display on the city’s website as well as the Frenckell Service Point and the Hervanta Library.

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