Rishon Lezion is a great place to live

Rishon LeZion is a modern city. A wide – ranging, state-of-the-art communications network is in place. High technology companies are moving to the city at a breakneck pace. Beautiful parks have been planted on thousands of acres and the city’s magnificent new cultural center is in place.

Rishon LeZion is ready for a new and wonderful era. We find ourselves at the beginning of an unprecedented technological revolution – one that is aleady improving the quality of life beyond our wildest dreams. New factories look and are different – and our work methods and consumption habits are changing rapidly and radically for the better. The quality of the environment has improved immeasurably. Urban life is more convenient. Healthier. Easier. More fun.

An educational model that was successfully implemented at the “Kramim” school focuses on the development of the individual. In order to help our children think for themselves and enable them to cope with problems and challenges, Rishon’s municipality has adopted this model for all its educational institutions.

1998 saw the completion of Rishon’s new cultural center- now the home of the Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra. The unique National Gallery of Israeli Art, in the western part of Rishon LeZion, will be completed in 2004.

Already, we have begun to purchase clothing, food, electric appliances and many other things from the comfort of our own living rooms. But will shopping centers? Whatever happens, Rishon is ready with its state-of-the-art communications infrastructure network.

New factories are smaller, smarter, and much more efficient. Today, Rishon’s industrial parks are home to a growing number of compact factories that export high tech products. Many factories with large work forces will probably disappear and industry will most likely focus on customized products.

The plan is to integrate Rishon’s high-tech factories with universities and research institutes that provide manufacturers with strong research and development backbones. Factory empolyees will enjoy flexible working hours and people should have more time for recreation and their families. Better working conditions are expected to improve the quality of life for all Rishonites.

Rishon LeZion’s municipality always plans for the wall being of its residents. All new neighbornoods are designed to include areas devoted to on the spot clinics and family health centers, enabling israel’s four major health services to provide efficient, “close-to-home” services. Rishon’s residents also benefit from the proximity of the “Assaf Harofe” Hospital. With state-of-the-art testing facilities, surgery departments, the most up to date therapies and 850 beds, this is the third largest hospital in Israel.

The city places special emphasis on quiet, pleasant, clean air surroundings. Thousands of trees planted in Rishon over the last ten years have already made Rishon bouth green landscape. In many other cities, nature is gradually being forced to retreat before the onslaughts of building contractors. In a much greener Rishon, however, pollution levels are dropping. The introdution of electrically driven cars and the area’s new electrically driven suburban train will provide even cleaner and clearer air and Rishonites will enjoy the amenities of modern city life along with a healthy environment.

Rishon’s new tourism complex along the seashore will be a major attraction. Tourists who come for the clean water, clear skies and warm sun will enjoy comfortable hotels, superb sports and resort facilities colorful entertainment and commercial centers and many opportunities to visit fascinating historical and archeological sites. Tourism will most likely become one of the city’s most important sources of income.

The future holds many wonderful things in store. If we read the signs correctly and act together to translate them intoan effective plan of action, we will endow Rishon with a higher standard of living and turn this great city into a place for people who seek to live a wonderful life.