This program aims to support city center revitalization projects, positioning them as places for living and exchange. The Grand Paris Metropolis provides municipalities with resources such as the Metropolitan Intervention Fund for Crafts, Commerce, and Services (FIMACS), along with strategic, technical, and legal support. These actions complement the City's existing initiatives for local businesses, including those led by merchant associations and market traders.
The program also includes workshops, training sessions, a metropolitan network of city center managers, and an observatory. Within this framework, the City of Maisons-Alfort is currently recruiting its own commerce manager. These resources will facilitate the sharing of experiences, mobilization of expertise, and provision of tools for various local commerce projects.
To combat commercial vacant properties, the City has implemented a tax on commercial or office spaces that have been unoccupied and unexploited for at least two years. The tax rate is set at 10% in the first year of taxation, increasing to 15% and then 20% in the subsequent two years.
The Intercommunal Local Advertising Regulation (RLPI) governs advertisements and signs in public spaces, including control over light pollution at night. The City of Maisons-Alfort can thus strengthen sanctions against violators of regulations on irregular signs and advertisements, in addition to the requirement for shopkeepers to turn off their signs between 11 PM and 7 AM.
