Local Elections in Oberursel

The centre of OberurselWith local elections taking place in Oberursel tomorrow, amongst other things for the town parliament (Stadtparlament), I decided to take a trip into the town centre this morning and see what the political parties had to say for themselves.

In particular I wanted to know about plans to replace the town swimming pool, which has been closed for several years.  Recently there has been some discussion about the town selling off land to finance the building work.  This would not be so bad, if there was not already a sports field on it!

Then I wanted to know what plans the town has for the future of the schools here, in particular any plans for Ganztagsschulenschools that teach all day rather than just in the morning.

And finally I wanted to see what they had to say about the forthcoming Hessentag, in particular about the lack of information for businesses in the town and my recent attempts to get a permit to enter the closed-off part of the town in order to visit my customers during the event. [Read more…]

Hessentag 2011 and the lack of information for business owners

The Hessentag trailer parked outside the RathausWith the Hessentag fast approaching, I don’t think that it is unreasonable to ask how local businesses are meant to cope with the town being closed off for over a whole week, especially those who rely of being able to get to their customers.

For the past year, most events in the town have had an stand selling T-shirts for the event giving out “information” about what to expect.  It’s that information that I find very lacking.  When I asked how I was meant to get to my customers at an event back in May, I was told that they didn’t have a concept for local businesses yet.

A bit late, you might think, seeing as they must have had a concept to bid for the event in the first place.

Then a few weeks ago my business received an invitation to an event taking place where people were to be honoured for their services to the town, and the “first information about the Hessentag” would be given.

That information turned out to be nothing more than [Read more…]

Unsere Stadt soll schöner werden

Frei nach diesem Motto werden zur Zeit Oberursels Straßen modernisiert. Was ja auch ganz toll ist, aber noch vor kurzem musste man einen großen Umweg fahren wenn man von der Stadtmitte Richtung Hohemark fahren wollte. Mittlerweile hat sich das ganze weiter nach unten verlagert und nun muss man einen holprigen Slalom an der Post hinlegen.

Und alles dafür, dass unsere Stadt zum Hessentag 2011 glänzt und es die Champagnerluft nicht nur anderswo gibt.

Ich finde es eigentlich schon gut, dass Oberursel den Hessentag ausrichtet, aber es gibt noch viele unbeantwortete Fragen die Privatleuten und Unternehmen Kopfzerbrechen bereiten. Zum Beispiel wenn ich spontan zum Kinderarzt muss oder meine Tochter zu einer Freundin zum spielen eingeladen ist oder wir einfach nur zur Stadtbücherei wollen oder, oder, oder… Das ist nur mal so angeritzt im privaten Bereich. Mein Mann ist selbständig und hat viele Kunden in und um Oberursel, irgendwie muss er zu ihnen kommen. In diesen zehn Tagen “keine” Einnahmen zu haben wäre fatal. Nicht nur für unser Unternehmen.  Aber bisher konnte die Stadt auf seine Anfrage keine positive Antwort auf seine Frage diesbezüglich geben.  Ganz im Gegenteil “darüber hat man sich noch keine Gedanken gemacht” war der letzte Stand.

Hoffen wir mal, dass die Stadt noch eine vernünftige Lösung für das ganze findet und der Hessentag ein Erfolg für Oberursel und deren Geschäfte wird.

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