For the third consecutive year, the Shopping Center Portal de la Marina and the City Council of Ondara are added to the Wonderful Project, the platform that awards and recognizes the most innovative ideas in shopping centers across the country. This year's call is now open. Until the next 31 in May, companies or entrepreneurs that wish to do so can register to participate through the website proyectowonderful.es.
This year three categories of awards are established, as explained by the coordinator of Wonderful, Manuel de Carlos. A first category will reward the Start-ups innovative in commerce, retail or shopping centers. This award is aimed at Startups with innovative solutions that improve the relationship of shopping centers or stores with consumers or the services that can be offered to them.
The second category is aimed at Innovative Retail Businesses, any retail business (physical store facing the public), in operation or pending creation, that innovates in any retail area (product, business model, services, customer experience, etc).
The third category, at the regional level, rewards Startups or innovative business projects (it is not necessary that they are registered as companies). The scope of innovations can affect any sector of activity. The Startups or entrepreneurs have to be or be linked to the province where they present their participation.
The first two categories, at the national level, will have a prize of 5.000 euros each. The winners of the third category will get 500 euros. In addition, the different companies that collaborate in this edition will offer products and services to the winners.
The Mayor of Ondara and responsible for the areas of Economic Promotion and Modernization, José Ramiro, has indicated that the City of Ondara is positively valued this project, because it allows "translate into concrete ideas and the final product the initiative of our entrepreneurs and consolidated companies". José Ramiro has taken the opportunity to thank LAR and the Portal de la Marina Shopping Center for the Ondara City Council to promote this proposal. In addition, José Ramiro has highlighted the practical applications of this contest, which become a reality. In fact, the winning company in the 2017 edition in the "Improve your city" section was hired by the Ondara City Council to create the citizen participation application OndaraConnecta, which has achieved better communication and greater participation of citizens in the local administration.
According to the manager of Portal de la Marina, Carlos Fita, "This initiative has been allowing 3 for years to contribute our grain of sand to support entrepreneurship in our region, and we encourage all those who are innovating to participate, since the aids and awards of this initiative can help them in the always difficult initial phases of its innovative activity ". He has taken the opportunity to thank the City of Ondara for their collaboration in this project.
