“ROBERT POGHOSIAN & SONS” FOUNDATION TO FINANCE PROGRAM ON IMPROVEMENT
OF PUSHKIN PARK
YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The “Robert Poghosian & Sons” Foundation
will finance the program on improvement and maintenance of Yerevan’s
Pushkin Park covering an area of 18 thousand sq. meters. A competition
on the park improvement projects was anounced in February, while the
results were made public on May 13. According to Albert Poghosian, a
memorandum on the park improvement will soon be signed with the
municipality of the Kentron community. It was noted that the “Armenia”
Pan-Armenian Fund will coordinate the work after the completion of the
final project and the design estimates of the construction work. Out
of the 16 projects submitted for the competition, 11 were
selected. The 3 project groups that won first place were awarded a
1,700-dollar prize each. The 4 groups which took second place were
given a 500-dollar prize each, while 4 groups in third place – a
250-dolar each.