Over Br270 billion in investments is planned to be attracted to the economy of small towns in the Vitebsk region

January 13, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. Over Br270 billion in investments is planned to be attracted to the economy of small towns in the Vitebsk region in 2010, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Economy Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

250 projects are planned for implementation in the current year. Among the largest ones, specialists named the development of new technologies for condensed milk production at the Glubokoye Dairy and Canning Plant, and the organization of production of peat briquettes at the Shumilino Flax Mill. In the village of Obol, the peat processing workshop will be reconstructed, and new peat harvesting equipment will be purchased. The Braslav Bakery, which plans to produce confectionery with a long shelf life, will start producing new types of products in 2010. Postavy Mebel JSC intends to master the production of MDF facades for the manufacture of cabinet furniture sets.

The social sphere of small towns will also not be neglected. In 2010, the authorities plan to complete the construction of a production and trade center for folk art and crafts in the village of Kopys (Orsha district), two houses for foster families and a hotel will be built in Lepel, the reconstruction of a boarding house will continue in Богушевск, and in Dubrovno, it is planned to reconstruct a 19th-century architectural monument - the preserved building of the Bernardine monastery. Ice arenas will appear in Glubokoye, Novolukoml, and Lepel.

In accordance with the program for the socio-economic development of the region for 2010, small towns are to ensure an increase in industrial production volumes by 9%, create more than 3 thousand jobs, as well as 153 new enterprises, bringing their number to 1360. -0-