2021 RETROSPECTIVE: A look back at the month of December
The month of December 2021 in the rearview mirror of Infos Dijon: from the solemn return of the Dijon lawyers to the descent of Santa Claus from the Philippe le Bon tower.
On December 3, the Corden Pharma site in Chenôve announced that it had received the largest public subsidy from the State for an industrial project in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with ten million euros for France Relance. Corden Pharma Chenôve produces lipid nanoparticles for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine (read our article).
On December 3, the Toison d’Or shopping center in Dijon receives a brand personality to launch the Christmas entertainment. The host Denis Brogniart, born in Dijon, comes to promote the enchantment of the end of the year celebrations and encourage purchases in shops, from merchants (read our article).
On December 3, the exhibition “The Good, the Bold and the Chancellor – When flamboyed the Toison d’Or” begins in Beaune, it will be visible until March 31, 2022. With this event, the curator Philippe Georges resuscitates the Rolin years (read our article)
On December 3, the lawyers of Dijon organize their solemn return to the lounges of the Gaston Gérard stadium. The chairman Stéphane Creusvaux intends to add to the event “a little madness after two years of frustration”.read our article).
On December 4 and 5, the Dijon association Kamo Event is organizing the first edition of the Kamo Play at the exhibition center. A show dedicated to the geek world, science fiction, science, new technologies and video games (read our article).
On December 6, François Sauvadet (LCOP), president of the departmental council of Côte-d’Or, announces that the community will buy the EHPAD of Laignes from the autonomous public establishment of the municipality. A budget of ten million euros will be mobilized to save this retirement home in the upper Côte-d’Or (read our article).
On December 9, the Lycée des Marcs d’Or celebrates Secularism Day, celebrated for the first time at the national level. The high school students receive representatives from the prefecture of Côte-d’Or and the Dijon academy to present scenes as well as the mobilization of various workshops including that of apprentice painters (read our article).
On December 9, the French university cross-country championships are organized on the Dijon campus. Fabien Palcau and Sophie Tonneau win on their field (read our article).
On December 10, the Dijon Métropole tourist office, succeeded by Sladana Zivkovic (PS), metropolitan vice-president, organizes the first tourism meetings, in particular with William Krief, president of the K-Rei group who is in charge of animation commercial of the village of the International City of Gastronomy and Wine (read our article).
On December 13 and 14, the elected officials of the Departmental Council of Côte-d’Or voted for an initial budget of 609.8 million euros. The opposition votes against (read our article).
On December 15, the film “Spiderman: No Way Home” by Tom Holland achieves the best start of the year, ahead of “Telnet” and the latest James Bond! More than 2,000 spectators to win at Ciné Cap Vert to see it on the first day of its release (read our article).
On December 17, Marie-Guite Dufay (PS), president of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council, presented the mandate plan developed with her various left allies, socialists, communists and environmentalists. The local authority will develop the eco-conditionalities of its aid to businesses and inter-municipal authorities (read our article).
On December 24, confronting tradition, Father Christmas comes down from the Philippe le Bon tower to distribute curls to children (read our article).
The editorial staff of Infos Dijon thanks the journalists
who contributed to this retrospective of the year 2021
Norbert Banchet
Alix berthier
Manon Bollérie
Lea Small
Jean-Christophe Tardivon