The Local Committee of Nueva Canarias in Tías demands for the municipality a "rigorous medium and long-term plan for green areas, leisure spaces and friendly environments that contribute to generating greater well-being and coexistence."
For the Canarians, Tías "meets the necessary conditions to implement policies that generate attractive environments for rest, leisure and socialization among residents, as well as tourists and visitors from the same island."
“Green and leisure areas such as parks and gardens greatly contribute to improving people's health and well-being, as they reduce environmental pollution, promote social relations and favor emotional and mental balance,” says Arminda Barreto, spokesperson for the Local Committee of NC in Tías.
According to the party, "the few parks in the municipality are large esplanades of cement and iron, without trees that provide shade or plants that soften their hardness." Barreto believes that “it is necessary to substantially improve these spaces, breaking with the vision of hard squares, transforming them into friendly and relaxing places that promote the well-being of citizens.”
The vision that the Canarians have of parks and green areas affirms that "it goes beyond those that have been taken as references in recent decades, betting on new emerging models that put the care of people at the center of urban action."
“We must bet on the design of bioparks, living spaces as close as possible to the natural environment,” insists Barreto, who assures that “these models will be references in the not too distant future and we must not be late in designing and implementing them gradually.”
In the same way, the Canarians are committed to providing these spaces with a dynamizing asset with the realization of various activities such as children's workshops, cultural, gastronomic or sports activities "that make Tías a living municipality."
With an increasingly aging population, NC understands that there is a need to care for this sector of the population with the aim of contributing to their well-being and dignity, with outdoor and leisure spaces being fundamental for active aging.
In addition to all of the above, the Canarian organization points to another problem, the occupation of the municipality's beaches for tourist activity, which often makes it impossible to carry out leisure activities for residents.
“Although our main economic engine is tourism, we cannot allow it to be detrimental to either the residents or the natural spaces that we still have left,” says Arminda Barreto with "great concern."