A panel headed by Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran will lead the city contingent in the 2 p.m. discussion today via a Webex
(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia said more growth centers will rise across the city, where several structures are being constructed and planned for various purposes. "We want to spread the development of Bacolod. We don't want to get crowded [in one area]," Leonardia said in an interview on Friday. Growth Center means areas with the potential to grow and accommodate the growth, and to pursue orderly development. These areas are situated in properties donated by prominent families for use by the local government, totaling 18 hectares of prime properties, the latest of which is the four-hectare land in Barangay Vista Alegre donated by the Gensoli family. The Yanson family also provided 8.9 hectares in the southern part of the city, where the new south terminal and the MassKara coliseum and city museum are being constructed. Previously, the Gonzaga family also donated five hectares along Circumferential Road, where the Bacolod City Government Ce