Sustainable Rural Development Model Project in the Carpathians

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Rigmani

Number of inhabitants: 277

Positive facts

According to the locals: beautiful landscape, well preserved folk traditions, existing small local enterprises (7), solidarity (especially amongst the young), cart-roads in a good state, several restored buildings (local school, cultural house), old buildings, beautiful church, streetlights.

Negative facts

According to the locals: poor road conditions, unemployment, languidity and lack of initiatives, lack of sports-ground and amenities in the village, the problem of waste management is unsolved, some public buildings still need restoration, local stockmen often cannot fulfill requirements to sell the milk, poor public transport, increasingly superannuated population, dilapidated agriculture.

Opportunities for development

According to the locals: rural tourism, animal husbandry, modernization of local enterprises, reviving of traditional crafts, local bakery, cultivation of medicinal herbs, elderberry, raspberry, organic farming, establishment of a youth center, care for elder citizens.