For several weeks, a collective has been installed at 7 rue de Mirande in Dijon, in the property which once served as accommodation for the officers of BA 102. An illegal occupation for demand more green spaces in the city and oppose new real estate projects. Since December 23, the occupants have been subject to an eviction procedure. They decided to appeal, while leaving the scene. They wrote to neighbors and a real estate developer to defend their position.
Call for the mobilization of neighborhood residents
The collective’s lawyer, Dominique Clémang, appealed the deportation decision on December 28. At the same time, the occupants of the house wrote to their neighbors explaining that they were leaving the premises. In this letter, they invite the inhabitants of the district to mobilize: “we invite the neighbors to learn, get involved, and why not fight – illegally or not – against these piles of concrete that are imposed on us, which partition our spaces, artificialize the soil, destroy living things . “ The collective hopes that the park will become a garden open to all by the return of sunny days.
Another mail was sent to Kaufman & Broad. Collective asks the developer to give up filing a building permit for “void the promise to sell” signed with the State. This building permit must be submitted before December 31st. The collective for the safeguard of the Baudin-Mirande park understands that the promoter wants to build “a set of 106 housing units and 101 parking spaces.” In its open letter, the occupants explain to the developer that the district is already densely populated and that the lack of vegetation in the city center is causing a phenomenon. “Urban heat island”.
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