Work group formed to work out Gyumri development strategy 

ArmInfo.Armenia's Vice-Premier Tigran Avinyan signed a decision forming a work group to work out a  development strategy for Armenia's second largest city, Gyumri.  

The group includes Armenia's Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan,  Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure  Vache Teteryan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and  Sport Alfred Kocharyan, and other officials. 

A number of development programmes are in progress or have been  completed in Gyumri. An extensive road renovation project is being  implemented in Gyumri on an EUR 14.6mln EBRD loan.  The total worth  of the project is EUR 23.84mln, and 37 roads have been renovated. 

Last March, construction work was resumed at Gyumri's Friendship  Park. The Tourism and Urbanism Foundation (TUF) is implementing the  project as the first model of the Public-Private Partnership and  socio-economic development in Gyumri. The opening ceremony is  scheduled for this autumn. Over $4mln of the $12mln project budget is  a share of partners and individual businessmen. 

A Kumayri Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve restoration  programme is in progress as well. Over 1,600 historical monuments  dated 19th and early 20th centuries are located in the area - houses,  shops, churches, bridges, public baths, etc. 

In 2017, the Gyumri Project Hope (GPH) and Armenia's Central Bank  combined their efforts to develop and draft a proposal, "Inclusion of  Kumayri historic district." 

Armenia's government launched the Kumayri Revival Programme, which  was supported by donors. Two main streets, Rustaveli Str. and Shirazi  Str was renovated under the programme.