In the Varen commune, at Lexos is an old rather grand defunct railway station premises.
When SNCF who owned it talked about pulling it down, we the residents of Varen were outraged. It really is a stylish building and needs preserving. The commune was then given the building for donation of one euro.
Now a few years on after this scenario the building is costing us all a lot of money to keep in a reasonable state of repair. What should happen to it, what use could it be put to and how can it be made to be profitable enough to pay for its own repairs? Any ideas readers?
Val says My idea would be to make it an antiques/ brocante centre and have all the rooms rented to different dealers. In England these centres really pulled the crowds in and if there was a coffee shop and a central desk for taking payments so that the dealers did not have to spend all their time there it could work. It has plenty of parking and people love their brocantes / vide greniers here. The money raised from small rents from lots of people could then pay for its upkeep.
A bit like Hexham railway station in the North of England, and as the train stops at Lexos with plenty of advertising, customers could come from both directions on the train.
Any more ideas? I will pass them on to the Maire
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