Cities in the Vysočina region, facing a declining population, are preparing plots for houses

Třebíč lost 215 inhabitants last year.

Jihlava - Cities in the Vysočina region, which are losing the most residents, are preparing more building plots. In Třebíč, they plan to gradually network over 70 plots for family or terraced houses. A new street should be added in Žďár nad Sázavou, and in Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, the local government wants to prepare plots in cooperation with a private investor. Bystřice's mayor Karel Pačiska (ČSSD) said, however, that he considers creating jobs to be even more important for retaining people.
    Bystřice, like the surrounding municipalities, is coping with the decline of uranium mining in Rožná, which is expected to end definitively in two years. According to the Czech Statistical Office, the eight-thousand-strong city lost 101 people last year and 653 over the past decade.
    "We are trying to attract investors to the industrial zone," Pačiska said. In seeking entrepreneurs, he collaborates with the CzechInvest agency, and as of June, it is to be classified among the problematic regions in the Czech Republic. Despite this, the medical technology manufacturer Dahlhausen, which promised 50 jobs, has now reconsidered entering Bystřice. According to Pačiska, he found a ready-built factory elsewhere.
    The city would need a better road to the D1 highway because of the companies. According to the mayor, Bystřice has good infrastructure for housing. "We have our own housing stock, we are preparing plots for the construction of family homes," he stated. In the first phase, 11 plots should be prepared. "We are interested in a private company taking the area under its patronage, networking it, and then selling it," he said.
    Třebíč lost 215 people last year, and at the beginning of this year, there were 36,880 residents. Over ten years, the second-largest city in the Vysočina region has lost a total of 1,905 inhabitants. According to a press release, the local government wants to stop this trend by offering building plots to people. Therefore, they have prepared a plan for networking municipal land.
    The sale of the first plots on Švabinského and Alšova streets should start in autumn, and more should be added in the next three years. A total of over 70 plots will be created, with the networking costs expected to be around 40 million CZK according to initial estimates.
    Žďár nad Sázavou is also experiencing rapid depopulation. While in 2004 there were 24,030 residents, at the beginning of this year, there were only 21,467, a decrease of 2,563. Many people have built houses in some of the neighboring municipalities, which, unlike Žďár, had plots available. For instance, in Hamry nad Sázavou, there are 1,558 residents, which is 315 more than in 2004.
    The Žďár local government is also planning new construction. "The city is preparing a new street in the Klafar II residential complex, Hrnčířská," said its spokesperson Nikola Adlerová. Experts are to propose the type of construction by the end of June. This area could continue to see the construction of family houses or apartment buildings.