The Vysoké Tatry mountain resort and the TMR company support further 7 projects in the Tatras

VYSOKÉ TATRY (3^rd February 2026) The Vysoké Tatry mountain resort and the Tatry mountain resorts, a.s. (TMR) have supported 7 interesting projects in the Tatras. A total of 14 projects applied for financial support in the 6^th year of the grant programme known as "For a Better Life in the Town of Vysoké Tatry".

The grant programme was established by TMR and the Vysoké Tatry resort in 2019, as a transparent way of supporting the Tatras, innovative ideas and initiatives of local residents and organisations operating within the town. By the closing date of the current year, which was 31^st December 2025, a total of 14 projects had been submitted, requesting grants amounting to almost EUR 60,000.

A committee composed of representatives of the mountain resort ultimately decided to support seven of them, allocating a total of EUR 20,000. "The decision-making process was not easy, as the financial requests exceeded our possibilities several times over. The funds were distributed across all age groups and for various purposes. We supported not only schools but also a range of community projects. The project focused on restoring the historic carriages of the old funicular railway, which could return to the Tatras as an attractive exhibit, will certainly be a particularly significant challenge," said Dušan Slavkovský, General Manager of the Vysoké Tatry mountain resort.

Projects supported under the 6^th year of the "For a Better Life in the Town of Vysoké Tatry" grant programme:

• Purchase of interactive whiteboards for a school

Applied by: Slovak Council of Parent Associations - Parent Association at the Primary Art School, Tatranská Lomnica 14123, 059 60 Vysoké Tatry - Tatranská Lomnica, Slovak Republic

• Tatranské výšiny Festival - 4^th edition

Applied by: Žiť Tatry association, Tatranská Lomnica 14032, Vysoké Tatry 059 60

The main mission of the festival is to create a vibrant public space where athletes, experts, artists, families with children, local residents and visitors to the Tatras come together. The festival combines talks with inspiring personalities, lectures, workshops, cultural programme and interactive activities for all age groups.

• School garden for everyone - a place for movement activities, meeting and learning in Dolný Smokovec

Applied by: Primary school with kindergarten, Dolný Smokovec 16021, Vysoké Tatry

The project focuses on revitalising and making better use of the school garden of the Primary school with kindergarten in Dolný Smokovec as a safe, stimulating and open space for primary school and kindergarten children, as well as for residents of the Dolný Smokovec district. The main project activity is the purchase and installation of children's climbing frames (up to a maximum height in accordance with safety standards) and minor landscaping works so that the garden can serve for movement activities, motor skills development, relaxation and community gatherings.

• Petanque tournament for seniors

Applied by: TATRA-FIT recreational and sports club, Tatranská Lomnica 124, 059 60 Vysoké Tatry

The grant aims to support regular petanque tournaments for seniors in Tatranská Lomnica over six months each year. This is the fourth edition of the event, which was also made possible by a TMR grant.

• Petanque court repair

Applied by: TATRA-FIT recreational and sports club, civic association, 059 60 Tatranská Lomnica

The aim is to finance the repair of the petanque court in Tatranská Lomnica.

• Restoration of historic Ceretti & Tanfani funicular railway carriages Starý Smokovec - Hrebienok

Applied by: Tatranské historické električky (Historic Tatra Electric Railways), civic association, Železničná 1114/2, 058 01 Poprad

The project aims to restore the funicular railway carriages from 1967 to exhibition condition. In cooperation with TMR, they should return to the Tatras and become an attractive exhibit documenting the rich history of transport in the Tatras.

• Replacement of the sound system in the Parish Church of St Peter and Paul in Nový Smokovec

Applied by: Roman Catholic Church, Parish of Vysoké Tatry, Nový Smokovec 113

The aim of the grant support is to replace the outdated and faulty sound system in the church in Nový Smokovec.

Over the six years of its existence, the grant programme known as "For a Better Life in the Town of Vysoké Tatry" has supported a total of 48 projects with funding exceeding EUR 120,000.

In previous years, grant funds were used to purchase sports equipment for ski clubs, a ceramic firing kiln for the visual arts department of the Primary Art School, to build educational trails and gazebos, to support local sports clubs and sporting and cultural events, to support the restoration of the iconic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary in Starý Smokovec, to equip kindergartens and schools, to improve sports facilities, to purchase sound equipment for community theatre performances, to publish an engaging children's book as part of the Kyslíkovci project, to carry out terrain adjustments on cross-country ski trails, to create book exchange boxes and information totems at heritage sites, to purchase equipment for first aid training and to implement many other interesting projects. All supported projects share one common goal - improving community life and enhancing the environment of the town of Vysoké Tatry. More information about the grant programme and supported projects is available on the website: https://www.vt.sk/grant.