From Costa Rica to La Côte- Interview with Braulio Mora plus news.

Quick round up on a couple of pieces of recent news taken from La Côte plus an interview with Braulio Mora, local resident and one of the youngest members of Nyon town council. Pool for Chéserex: The citizens of Chéserex (a village near Nyon)  voted on the 31st January to go ahead with the construction of an indoor swimming pool in the village. Here is the PDF plan showing where it is planned to be situated. The popular vote brought in 383 votes for the plan, to 270 against (653 residents voted out of a possible 852). New superstore for Nyon: Secondly, news that are plans are afoot for the Migros Home store at the top of Nyon to be demolished and a brand new building put in its place, with a food supermarket, an M-Electronics store, a new Home Store and possibly other non-Migros commercial stores within the same complex. These plans are subject to an inquiry but if they are approved, work will begin before summer and will finish before the end of 2011. Braulio Mora - Passionate about local issues

New Centre for La Redoute There is now a brand new centre called Maison de la Redoute for the people who live in La Redoute area of Nyon. La Redoute is a block of flats which has a resident population of around 1000 people. This new centre is seperated into two parts. One part is open for children's activities, birthday parties and also for the use of residents when they want to hold events. The other part of the centre is a "youth centre-espace jeunesse" and is reserved for  young people from 15 onwards. The opening of this centre is the culmination of a long campaign  by Braulio Mora to get it up and running. At 28 years old Braulio Mora is one of the fourth youngest elected members of the conseil communal and is passionate about local issues, particularly those involving the youth of Nyon.  Originally from Costa Rica (his family moved here when he was just one year old), he lives in Nyon and studies in Lausanne on an internship studying clinical pathology. Says Braulio “ I have a degree in medicine and I could have chosen the career path of going on to be a general doctor or surgeon, but I knew that would mean extra long hours at work, all necessary to succeed in the profession. I chose pathology as it would enable me to have a life outside a normal 8-5 work routine.” Not only is he curious about the human body and diagnosing human diseases, he is also very interested in the human mind too as he enjoys meeting people, discovering more about them and where he can, helping them. “I know that if you want to get involved in any kind of volunteering whether it is local issues or political work, you have to time to devote to it. I was an active member of the student council when I was at university and now in Nyon I sit on various committees and commissions. “ "Because I’m one of the younger members of the council, young people can approach me as they know I may be able to relate to some of the issues that concern them. One of the main subjects that often comes up here in Nyon time and time again is the lack of suitable affordable housing for young people which is a subject we are addressing. We don’t want people to feel they have to go elsewhere to live, we would like them to stay in the town". The town itself of course is a great place to be and I love living here. When I’m not studying or sitting in council meetings I like to travel and I am a keen amateur photographer too. I represent the Spanish Language Catholic society here in Nyon too. There are quite a few of us that live here in the area that originate from Spain or Central and South America. There are many different nationalities that sit on the conseil communal representing Nyon’s own rich mix of citizens. We all have different viewpoints of course but we all come together for the common good". La Redoute has its own website (note, so does La Levratte, another area of apartment buildings to the north side of Nyon).