JONG CADION
Chief of reporters
PAGADIAN CITY—Mayor Samuel Co will transform Plaza Luz into an activity center for residents to while away the time and use the area as a recreation facility.
Co said activities in the soon to be converted amusement center will be conducted daily after all the vendors leasing the area from shopping center will be transferred to the covered court near the plaza.
“With the different activities lined up daily, many people will be able to come and see what Plaza Luz can offer them, or perhaps buy wares from the vendors selling there,” Co told this paper.
Five batches of vendors will be relocated by Co from the downtown shopping center area to Plaza Luz.
The first batch will compose of those from the front of Jollibee near Uni City. Their new location is near the road side of Benigno Aquino Street at the Plaza Luz.
It was learned that the instantaneous transfer of vendors from the shopping center area to Plaza Luz was due to the impending construction of the mayor’s priority project—a P35-million shopping mall building.
This 5-storey mall is located along Ariosa and Jamisola streets.
“I will finish this project before my next term ends,” Co said.
The city-owned mall, once finished, will then lease its commercial spaces and stalls to businessmen who will sell their merchandise or develop the spaces into franchises, supply centers or retail stores.