The following article appeared in the Costa Blanc News on Friday 1oth october 2008.
Monserrate Guillén has had a preliminary meeting with councillor José Manuel Cutillas, and the council member of staff responsible for the allocation of pitches at the market, to discuss the problems and possible solutions in relation to the market's future, that is referred to in the article.
Market forces at work in Campoamor
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By Nuria Pérez
According to the councillor they are looking at moving the market to a different area or allowing additional stalls.
And he admitted it was not proving as popular and busy as predicted.
He said: “Stalls offering different and original products are needed to attract more visitors.”
As a result the councillor is encouraging such traders to apply for a stall.
He added: “We will make a decision on December about how to promote the market.
"Campoamor market has many stalls of clothes and fruit and vegetables and it needs different products.
“We will check all applications and those traders offering something different will have a better chance of getting a stall.”
Several residents talked to Green party (Los Verdes) councillor Monserrate Guillén on Tuesday about the apparent unavailability of stalls being allocated.
Sr Guillén said he would meet councillor José Manuel Cutillas in the coming weeks to find a solution.
He said: “Sr Cutillas is really interested in promoting the market and in finding a good and suitable solution.
“However we think December is too late.
“A good variety of goods attract visitors and visitors attract more traders.”
According to Sr Guillén only 30 traders set up every Thursday in Campoamor even though more than 80 have been handed licences.
He added: “The traders lose their licence if they are missing for four weeks.”
When applying for a licence new traders should specify which goods they will be offering.
“I advise them to offer different goods to fruit and vegetables and clothes,” he added.
And in another development this week Sr Cutillas told CBNews the council is studying possibilities to legalise car boot sales.
He explained: “Car boot sales are a British tradition and they are pretty difficult to rule on because they are an unknown entity in Spanish law.
“Streets markets are ruled by local bylaws but this is not the case for car boot sales.
“We need to find or to create a special law to regulate them.
“Car boot sales must be respected must they must obey the law too.”
Sr Guillén said they would cooperate with the councillor in this matter.
He said: “Car boot sales cannot take place on the streets.
“We will suggest that they are held in special and safe places.”
nperez@cbnews.es
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