Beauty, Activity, and Exchange of Experience

- The City of Kamienna Góra, due to the Special Economic Zone of Small Entrepreneurship functioning here, is an attractive city for investors. What conditions and terrains do you have to offer?
- The Zone area is situated in the viccinity of the boarder with the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, near A-4 and A-3 motorways and are comprised of three sub-zones:
- Kamienna Góra Sub-zone (Kamienna Góra, Krze-szów, Lubawka)
- Nowogrodziec Sub-zone (Nowogrodziec- Wykroty, Lubań)
- Jawor Sub-zone (Jawor)
Entrepreneurs looking for investment opportunities may obtain public assistance of 50% of capital investment - if they operate for at least five years (65% in the case of small and medium-sized companies), as well as public assistance on account of creation of new job places, which must be maintained during the period of at least five years in the amount of 50% of the value of labour costs of newly employed incurred during two years (65% in the case of small and medium sized companies).
The minimal value of capital investment is EUR 100 000.
Quite a large number of companies that obtained operation permits from the Executive Board of the Zone and that are successfully pursuing their investment programs are the best evidence of how attractive our offer is.

- Kamiennogórska Valley is famous for its beauty. Why is it an attractive place for settling and visiting?
- Kamiennogórska Valley is the third largest and the highest located picturesque valley on the Western and Central Sudety Mountains borderland. Thanks to its rich history the Kamienna Góra district can offer an abundance of attractions to contemporary visitors. During a stay in Kamienna Góra it is worth sparing a while to visit among other monuments of culture the Gothic and Renaissance St. Peter and Paul's Church from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries and the Baroque post-evangelist Rosary's Marian Church or the Museum of Lower Silesian Weaving, which has extensive historic and ethnographic collections related to the City and the Region. The rectangular outline of the Old Market Square (Wolności Square) is marked with Reneissance and Baroque historic tenants' houses dating back to the 17th and the 18th century. Owing to the location of Kamienna Góra, active leisure pursuits may take a variety of forms here. The mountain ranges surrounding the City provide perfect encouragement for tourists to go hiking during any season of the year. Following the numerous tourist routes that cut across the City visitors may reach wonderful beauty points, nature reserves, landscape parks, and mountain hostels. Local settlements, villages, forest paths and routes located in exceptionally picturesque areas are perfect to go on a bike ride, cross-country races, as well as cross-country skiing in winter. Our extensive offer for visitors includes hotels, private lodgings, and agri-tourism farms still increasing in number, providing a wide selection of accommodation and restaurant services.

- One of the City's problems that you are planning to remedy soon is the issue of waterworks and sewage system in the City. At what stage are the works in progress?
- No doubt, one of the most significant projects executed during this year in our City was the preparation of the Feasibility Study and the Evaluation of Environmental Impact necessary to obtain subsidies for the investment that will solve the water and sewage system problems in Kamiennogórska Valley. It is a motion put forward to the European Union's Cohesion Fund. At the moment we are working on preparation of decision on localization of public target investment in modernization of waste water treatment plant.
- A meeting of partner cities will be held In June (9th - 13th) in Kamienna Góra. How the City will manage to cover related expenses and what benefits do you expect to gain in relation with the event?
- The primary aim of the meeting of partner cities organized with the help of substantial financial support of the Town-twinning programme is maintenance and further development of mutual relations between Kamienna Góra and its partner cities. Among our guests will be the representatives of Wolfenüttel (Germany), Vierzon (France), Ikast (Denmark), Trutnova (Czech Republic), and Ivangorod (Russia). The purpose of the meeting is to enable exchange of experience within the scope of education, development of entrepreneurship and environment protection, as well as advancement of knowledge on the European Union and on obtaining its funds. Discussions will be held on stimulation of local economy, as well as on possibilities for starting co-operation available to social and business organizations.

Interview by
Magdalena Janicka