Tbilisi City Hall’s "EcoService Group" Continues Green Zoning with New Equipment

On October 28, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze held an event in Rike Park to present City Hall’s EcoService Group with new equipment and discuss the goals and objectives of the company – established by City Hall in March of this year to improve the quality of green spaces in Tbilisi. The main activity of the company is maintaining Tbilisi’s parks, green zones, decorative and drinking fountains, as well as the greenery and floral arrangement along the sides and on the medians of the city’s main streets.

Kaladze was accompanied by Deputy Mayor Maia Bitadze at Rike Park and Giga Gigashvili, Head of City Hall’s Environmental Protection Department.

"The existence of this service and the work of each employee is very important. We complain that the green spaces in the city should be regulated, and our city should be well-arranged and beautiful. Each of these people’s roles, functions, and work on a daily basis is important. They also need the appropriate equipment and tools. Over the next few months, additional equipment will be purchased to make their work more comfortable. There are plenty of green spaces in the city that need care. We also have big parks that are in a difficult situation. It is necessary to rehabilitate them, and if we do not take care of our newly created parks, each Lari will be wasted,” said Kaladze.

Vakhtang Nozadze, the Director of "EcoService Group," explained that the company continues to develop. “With the support of City Hall and the Municipal Environment Service, we are creating a very powerful material-technical base that reflects the quality of the city's care. In the capital city, central parks and urban green areas are underway, which is an additional challenge for us. By 2019, we have to be strong enough to meet the challenge in full readiness,” said Nozadze.

EcoService Group continues to develop its material-technical base. Previously, the company was equipped with old-fashioned and outdated technology that had the capacity to serve only 10 parks in Tbilisi and none of the city’s urban green areas.

By Samantha Guthrie

Photo: Tbilisi City Hall