<body> Public Ad Campaign: Grenoble, première grande ville européenne à bannir la publicité de ses rues
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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Grenoble, première grande ville européenne à bannir la publicité de ses rues


Looks like the city of Grenoble has made the decision to remove all outdoor advertising from it's streets. While it seems like there is a healthy debate happening online about the benefits behind such a move, "the city’s deputy mayor Lucile Lheureux explained: “The business model of street advertising is down. Advertisers want to upgrade to digital screens. We don’t want to make that move. We don’t want our city’s children bombarded with animated advertising on TV screens in the street.” 
Although there will only be 326 ads removed in total, (not including the bus shelters which will stay until at least 2019 when the contract is up for renewal) for a city of this size making the bold move to improve the health of its citizens and streets, is a welcome reminder that all is not lost in the fight to improve out shared public spaces. In fact it's got more than a few industry insiders talking seriously about the backlash against brand intrusion. 
Saisissant l’opportunité de la fin de son contrat avec la société JC Decaux, la commune de Grenoble a décidé bannir la publicité de ses rues. La capitale des Alpes va donc devenir la première grande ville européenne à faire démonter ses panneaux, ses colonnes et ses "sucettes". Le but : libérer de l’espace public, développer parallèlement des lieux d’expression citoyenne, et en finir aussi avec un modèle que la municipalité EELV/PG juge « obsolète» et « trop agressif ». En tout, ce sont 326 panneaux publicitaires qui vont ainsi disparaître de l’espace public grenoblois, soit au total plus de 2 000 m² de publicité en moins dans la ville. More [HERE]

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