Martin Gregor (24), Únanov — 2026 municipal elections

Main topics

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800 years behind us. What about the next twenty?

Next year Únanov celebrates 800 years. I'd like to add a question that gets talked about less: what will our municipality look like in ten or twenty years? That's why I want a five-year investment outlook that won't end with the next budget or one electoral term. What we need to build, what to repair, how much it will cost, how we'll pay for it and in what order it makes sense. Each year, a concrete action plan will come out of it. The young generation won't one day live in the Únanov we're talking about today. It will live in the Únanov we're creating with today's decisions.

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So that the first address after school isn't automatically somewhere else

Talking about wanting young people in the municipality isn't enough if they have nowhere to start their own lives here. That's why I want to map municipal property, land and available grant opportunities and prepare a realistic plan for starter, senior or municipal rental housing. Not promising flats overnight, but systematically starting to create opportunities where the municipality really has them. Leaving Únanov shouldn't be the only realistic option when a young person wants to become independent. And dignified housing should also make sense for people who want to grow old here.

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An Únanov for eight-year-olds and eighty-year-olds alike

In my view, the quality of a municipality is quite easy to judge: can an eight-year-old child and an eighty-year-old person both get around it safely and pleasantly? I want to gradually create a continuous loop through Únanov for pedestrians, bikes and rollerblades, and connect places between which a route is missing today or doesn't make sense. And where people actually walk and stop, add trees, shade, water and places to rest. It's not just about nicer public space. It's about a municipality where an ordinary day can be managed more safely, more pleasantly and without a car where you don't really need one.

A few words about me

Únanov is almost 800 years old. I'm 24 and I'm running for mayor.

I've been a councillor in Únanov since 2022. I studied public economics and administration at MUNI and work, among other things, as a municipal development specialist. Thanks to that, I know local government not only from textbooks but also from practice – from budgets and investments to preparing projects. I also represent students in the Council of Higher Education Institutions as first vice-chair for organisation and management.

What I enjoy about local politics is that you can't hide behind big words in it for long. Either you can walk safely through the municipality, or you can't. Either people know what's happening with their suggestion, or they don't. Either the municipality plans ahead, or it deals with things only when they're on fire.

I don't want to prove that the younger generation knows everything better. It doesn't. But it brings different expectations of how services should work: information available straight away, the chance to get involved, simple solutions and decision-making you can understand.

So I'm not running for mayor to make Únanov “younger”. I'm running so that it's well prepared for what's coming. So that it can make use of new opportunities without losing what already works today. I want an Únanov for eight-year-olds and eighty-year-olds alike – and a municipal leadership that's close to people.

The candidate's texts have been machine-translated from Czech.

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