Fondazione lavoratori Officine Galileo

Fondazione lavoratori Officine Galileo (FLOG) is an Italian limited-liability cooperative (società cooperativa a.r.l.) based in Florence. It was founded on 19 September 1945, one year after the liberation of Florence, by managers, workers and employees of the Officine Galileo engineering works. Its name means "Officine Galileo Workers' Foundation," and it was created as an expression of the post-war will to rebuild and renew the city, a drive that came from the world of labour. Today FLOG is a membership cooperative whose members are employees and pensioners of Leonardo-Finmeccanica (the former Officine Galileo and OTE), ESA-OTE and Galileo Vacuum System. FLOG's most visible asset is the roughly four hectares it acquired on the Montughi hill (the Collina del Poggetto) in Florence. According to the cooperative, these are the only plots in the area that were saved from the building speculation that transformed the surrounding district. On this land FLOG developed a community campus combining sport, culture and entertainment. Its activities began with the construction of the first swimming pool in Florence, tennis courts and a dance floor that is now the Arena Estiva. Cultural activity followed, starting from Tuscan traditions and old crafts and then extending to themes of integration in multi-ethnic societies. Out of this came the Mediateca delle Tradizioni Popolari, the Festival Musica dei Popoli and the Rassegna del Film Etnomusicale, described by FLOG as the oldest expressions of multi-ethnic cultural activity in Italy. In 1972 the Auditorium was inaugurated. FLOG describes itself as "a place in motion, an open building site of sociability, culture and living memory," and as "an open, free and necessary meeting point." Its spaces include the Cinema, the Auditorium, the swimming pool, the Ex-Bocciofila and a car park. It hosts film screenings, talks, performances, festivals and multicultural reviews, and it publishes an events calendar. Although founded to provide spaces and services to its members, the cooperative has always opened itself to the wider citizenry, providing a gathering place for Florentines. Governance is fully democratic: every member is called to an active role at every level. The main body is the annual assembly of roughly 2,000 members, which every three years elects the Council charged with guiding the cooperative. FLOG is registered in Florence with VAT number 00393920483 and can be contacted at info@flog-online.com or +39 055 487 145. It is also recorded as an archival institution in Italy.

FLOG was founded on 19 September 1945, one year after the liberation of Florence, when a group of managers, workers and employees of the Officine Galileo engineering works decided to create not just spaces but a community. The initiative was an expression of the post-war will to rebuild and renew the city, a drive that came from the world of labour. With great sacrifice the founders purchased about four hectares on the Montughi hill in Florence. Decades later, according to the cooperative, these remain the only plots in the area that were saved from the building speculation that transformed the surrounding district. Entertainment and sport were the first objectives. FLOG's activity began with the construction of the swimming pool — the first in Florence — along with tennis courts and a dance floor that is today the Arena Estiva. Cultural activity developed later, starting from the traditions and old crafts of Tuscany and then extending, through an original intuition, to themes of integration in multi-ethnic societies — themes that were then distant from Italy but are highly topical today. This gave rise to the Mediateca delle Tradizioni Popolari, the Festival Musica dei Popoli and the Rassegna del Film Etnomusicale, which FLOG describes as the oldest expressions of multi-ethnic cultural activity in Italy. In 1972 the Auditorium was inaugurated. Over more than seventy years the hill of Montughi has become a unique place in Florence, where sport, culture and entertainment are interwoven in a collective experience. FLOG has continued to operate as a cooperative providing spaces and services to its members while opening itself to the wider citizenry as a gathering place for Florentines. Its current spaces include the Cinema, the Auditorium, the swimming pool, the Ex-Bocciofila and a car park, and it hosts a busy programme of films, talks, performances, festivals and multicultural reviews. The cooperative is constituted among employees and pensioners of Leonardo-Finmeccanica (the former Officine Galileo and OTE), ESA-OTE and Galileo Vacuum System. Its structure is fully democratic: every member is called to an active role at every level. The main organ is the annual assembly of approximately 2,000 members, which every three years elects the Council charged with guiding the cooperative. FLOG is registered as FLOG SOC. COOP. ARL, VAT number 00393920483, at Via M. Mercati 24/b, 50139 Florence. It is also recorded as an archival institution in Italy.

• 1972

  Inauguration of the Auditorium.

• 1945

  FLOG founded on 19 September by managers, workers and employees of Officine Galileo, one year after the liberation of Florence.

• 1945

  About four hectares purchased on the Montughi hill in Florence.

• Construction of the swimming pool — the first in Florence — tennis courts and a dance floor (today the Arena Estiva).

• Creation of the Mediateca delle Tradizioni Popolari, the Festival Musica dei Popoli and the Rassegna del Film Etnomusicale.

An open, free and necessary community meeting point on Florence's Poggetto hill, combining sport, culture and memory.

• Piscina (swimming pool)

• Cinema

• Auditorium

• Ex-Bocciofila

• Arena Estiva

• Parcheggio (car park)

• 2021.08.16

  Reported2021.08.16

  Flogas announces residential energy price increases[4]Flogas宣布上调居民能源价格rte.ie

  Flogas announced an 18% increase in its standard rates and standing charges for residential natural gas and electricity customers, effective September 18. It attributed the increases to higher wholesale energy costs.

• 2020.09.10

  Flogas announces three-year energy sponsorship of Galway International Arts Festival[5]Flogas announces three-year energy sponsorship of Galway International Arts Festivaladvertiser.ie

  Flogas announced a three-year energy sponsorship of the Galway International Arts Festival and was providing green electricity to power the Mirror Pavilion installation.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2020.05.20

  Flogas acquires Budget Energy[6]Flogas收购Budget Energyirishnews.com

  Flogas acquired Budget Energy, a purchase that marked Flogas's entry into Northern Ireland's electricity market.

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1. 1Home – FLOGflog.it
2. 2Chi siamo – FLOGflog.it
3. 3Fondazione lavoratori Officine Galileo – Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4Flogas宣布上调居民能源价格rte.ie
5. 5Flogas announces three-year energy sponsorship of Galway International Arts Festivaladvertiser.ie
6. 6Flogas收购Budget Energyirishnews.com
7. 7Flogas announces price hikes for gas and electricity customersirishtimes.com