One article i just found, in "Vecernje Novosti" paper. Sorry, only in Serbian.

Slobomir, by the way, is this new city a millionaire couple from Chicago are building in Serb Republic/Bosnia. They've already built shoppings malls, new university(first private university in Bosnia) and they plan a 177 meter skyscraper, the so-called "Pavlovic Tower".


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Slobomir prelazi u Srbiju
D. SAVIĆ 10.01.2005, 20:15:22

POŠTO je povezao dve obale Drine - između Bogatića i Bijeljine, mostom poznatim kao Pavlovića ćuprija biznismena iz Čikaga Slobodana Pavlovića zaokuplja nova zamisao vezana za krajeve iz kojih je potekao. Inspirisan gradovima bilizancima američkih država Viskonsin i Minesota kraj reke Misisipi, Pavlović želi da grad Slobomir (čiji naziv predstavlja spoj imena Slobodana i njegove supruge Mire), koji niče pored Drine u Republici Srpskoj, proširi i na drugu obalu, na teritoriju Srbije.
- U Slobomiru su već izgrađeni banka, tržni centar, vodovod, infrastruktura, telefonske i električne linije. Ali, najveći ponos ovog grada je Univerzitet na 6.800 kvadratnih metara koji već ima oko 2.500 studenata na šest fakulteta - za menadžment, informacione tehnologije, pravo, za filološke i grafičke studije i dizajn, za poresku upravu - kaže Pavlović za "Novosti".

KROĆENjE DRINE

PAVLOVIĆ ističe da se radi o prvom privatnom univerzitetu u BiH čija diploma je svetski priznata. Kaže da je ovaj univerzitet, gde studenti mogu da dobiju zajam za studije koje koštaju 2.000 evra, pre dve nedelje počeo saradnju sa državnim univerzitetom američke države Vašington, i da su, uz profesore iz Srbije i Banjaluke, stigli i američki predavači koji studente podučavaju izradi poslovnih planova.
On kaže da su zasada temelji Slobomira samo na strani Republike Srpske, ali otkriva da na istoj obali Drine ima još oko tri hiljade hektara srbijanske zemlje za koju je takođe zainteresovan, kao i za prostor u Srbiji preko Drine. Zapravo, Pavlovićeve zamisli se kreću na više koloseka.
Biznismen čija su specijalnost u SAD nekretnine, namerava da u Slobomiru gradi i širi prostore za stanovanje. Planira i izgradnju zgrade od 37 spratova, visoke 177 metara.
- Želja mi je da "ukrotimo" Drinu kako ne bi više menjala svoj tok i da izgradimo Kineski zid oko grada kao zaštitu od poplava. Učiniću sve da Drinu učinimo plovnom od Slobomira do Save. S druge strane, na proleće planiramo da načinimo bušotinu 2.000 metara dubine, da dođemo do tople vode koja bi grejala ceo grad i snabdevala poljoprivrednike vodom za gajenje paprike, paradajza, cveća tokom cele godine - otkriva Pavlović.

DVORANA I FAKULTET

ZAMISAO o gradovima blizancima na dvema obalama Drine još je, kaže Pavlović, u sferi planova i pregovora. Sa strane RS, u Slobomiru se otvara klinika na 650 kvadratnih metara u koju će dolaziti lekari iz Amerike. Čim stignu aparati, u toj klinici, kaže, biće moguće da pacijenti za jedan dan dobiju 24 analize.
Ne želeći da govori o ciframa i uloženom novcu, Pavlović kaže da mu je želja da klinika u Slobomiru dobije svojevrsni "odjek" sa srpske strane.
- Ideja mi je da i sa druge strane reke, u Srbiji, napravim bolnicu, medicinski fakultet i istraživački centar. Želeo bih, takođe, da izgradim sportski centar i dvoranu sa 5.000 sedišta. Već radim sa američkim biznismenima da ih zainteresujem za ulaganja - kaže Pavlović uoči novog puta iz Čikaga put Slobomira.

Slobomir University - first building completed. To be built in stages, with more faculties planned:

http://www.slobomirp.com/slike/velikasim2.jpg

http://www.slobomirp.com/slike/lokali_big.jpg

http://www.slobomirp.com/slike/1.jpg

Interesting. Anyway what's with developers and really bad haircuts? Trump has it and now Pavlovic.:D Looks like some kind of Dracula.

How nice, a University in the middle of no-where. This *cough*city*cough* is just one blown up idea right out of lala-land.

And the name alone....can you say 'cheesy'?!

I'm sorry but this kind of high fetched ideas are prob. not the best thing right now for RS/Bosnia.

Instead of planning some skyscraper surrounded by cows, why not actually build something usefull in... let's say Banja Luka?!

But hey, those are just my silly ideas.

I agree completely with SpotlessMind, this is pretty riddiculeous. Besides, there are already only a handful of cities in the RS with a significant population, where does he expect the people to come from? What between this and the new metropolis being built in "east sarajevo" :laugh:.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of planned cities and I'm always a bit jealous when one starts up. I just don't feel this will amount to much. It just feels like a daydream of an overly patriotic millionare.

And another thing; the man's hair is horrible. Any decent citizen of freepeace city would kindly ask him to shave it all off. Hmm, that gives me an idea..

What a completely horrible idea.

well it's his money, it's not like the state is paying for it ;)
but I agree, he really needs a decent haircut

^ his money, but boy what an ego trip. If he really cared about his people, he'd invest in current infrastructure.

Indeed... what an ego... what a pitty for all of that money to be thrown away like that...

Indeed... what an ego... what a pitty for all of that money to be thrown away like that...


jepp, he is led by the pure megalomany, instead to built there where it s needed, he builds in the middle of nowhere.

One article i just found, in "Vecernje Novosti" paper. Sorry, only in Serbian.

Slobomir, by the way, is this new city a millionaire couple from Chicago are building in Serb Republic/Bosnia. They've already built shoppings malls, new university(first private university in Bosnia) and they plan a 177 meter skyscraper, the so-called "Pavlovic Tower".
Any renderings?

He gained international certification for his university which means that sm's university diplomas are recognized in every country. I think that's very important. It's also the first private university in the Serbian Republic. How can that be a bad thing ? Infact it's one of the best possible investments he could have made. Building a modern hospital on each side of the Drina is great also, how can anyone criticize that ?
Why are people dismissing this guy ? Last time I saw pictures it looked like a building site and cynics were saying (some were hoping !) no way will this amount to anything. He didn't make all this money being stupid.

At least he isn't going around buying football clubs...

I wonder who is the architect of this dumb thing... :weird: :toilet:
Speer... :D ...or maybe...Potemkin..after all.. :eek: ..:D



:cheers:

He is businessman and thinking about profit, and not so much caring about people (f.e. renovating old infrastructure somewhere else). I hope that he has made correct calculations and Slobomir would not be ghost town.
Free University might be success, it is not bad start at all. Although young people might be more tempted to study in Sarajevo or Belgrade (is it simple to move over borders in former YU?), not to sleepy countryside.

I wonder who is the architect of this dumb thing...

From the pics looks very American in style.


He is businessman and thinking about profit, and not so much caring about people (f.e. renovating old infrastructure somewhere else). I hope that he has made correct calculations and Slobomir would not be ghost town.
Free University might be success, it is not bad start at all. Although young people might be more tempted to study in Sarajevo or Belgrade (is it simple to move over borders in former YU?), not to sleepy countryside.


Where there's students there is a nightlife... it can be anywhere. They study at a Belgrade faculty they will have to do extra work to get their diplomas accredited somewhere else. Belgrade should have gotten into the "university" frame of mind a long time ago but that's another story. If he wanted profit he would have stayed in Chicago.

No, he just wants some profit for his extraterrestrially huge ego.. I'm really curious what's going to become of this Tower of Babel..(SLOBOdan + MIRa... :lol: ..give me a break)
By the way, I don't think you understood my architect remark..



:cheers:

I don't think you understood me. If he was in it for the profit he would not be building free universities and hospitals. The political connotations attached to your architecture remarks make no sense. I guess it totally escapes you that he only came back to Serbia after Slobo and Mira's party got ousted. Same with other American businessmen like Panic. Stop living in the past.

@ do koske: I guess we're discussing things on a completely different frequency here. Too bad. You are making wrong conclusions and I frankly don't feel like explaining every little ambiguous remark to you..

As for the megalomaniac...well, I wish him the best and I hope more people follow do koske's example and actually start concidering this guy a philanthrope instead of someone who lost every touch with reality...



:cheers:

@ do koske: I guess we're discussing things on a completely different frequency here. Too bad. You are making wrong conclusions and I frankly don't feel like explaining every little ambiguous remark to you..

As for the megalomaniac...well, I wish him the best and I hope more people follow do koske's example and actually start concidering this guy a philanthrope instead of someone who lost every touch with reality...



:cheers:

Am i being pesumptious in assuming that you are a muslim/croat (like spotless and ledeni). It looks like in your made-up reality Serbia is still run by Sloba's party and everyone is living in international isolation. If the tycoon wants to buy land and build on it let him. None of your business to be honest.

The Serbian Republic has it's first internationality recognized private university and two modern hospitals are on the way. No more. no less. For now.

Listen, buddy. Get your paranoid act together! No one was talking about Slobo till you started to do so. And when I say you are misunderstanding things you seem to think that such a thing cannot possibly be your fault and I immediately become muslim/croat cause mister 100%Serb doesn't agree with me.. :bash: Pathetic.

I said what I had to say about the megalomaniac and leave the discussion to you from here... :bowtie:



:cheers:

A Serbian-American billionaire is free to buy land and build whatever he likes in our parliamentary democracy. Thank God he isn't going around buying football clubs but building internationally recognized universities and modern hospitals and employing people, from construction workers to university professors. Take it for what it is and stop rabbitting on about his magalomaniac ambitions and look at the bare facts:

1 university
2 hospitals
1 shopping mall
1 bridge

that's all. Milan Mandaric, the Serbian-American owner of Portsmouth FC has invested more in South England's shopping malls than anything Pavlovic has done so far in Slobomir. Pavlovic doesn't seem like a guy that's in a big rush. The media is partly to blame maybe for exaggerating the project as a "New City from nothing".
I went back and re-read your post re: Slobomir. Skimmed through it the first time as I tend to do with your posts and yes there was no intentional reference to Milosevic. I still think people are blowing his construction venture out of all proportions. Serb posters included.

^^ WIth this post I agree... when I say 'stupid waste of money" I mean it's stupid to try to set up a new city.. but concretely, building facilities like a bridge and hospitals, that is a good thing.. although again, maybe he could have done it in larger urban areas which already exist..

I don't know the exact geography of Slobomir but if it is close to Bijelina, his home city, then I assume it isn't a new city like the media like to exaggarate but a new suburb or that may be the eventual goal. I am amazed that he filled the university with 2500 students in such a short space of time. That's some achievement. I saw photos of the contruction on this site last year and it wasn't even an empty building but a building site. The tower won't happen. Not soon anyway. That's just a guess of course, you never know.

Am i being pesumptious in assuming that you are a muslim/croat (like spotless and ledeni).

Oddly enough, I'm not a muslim or a Croat.

(SLOBOdan + MIRa... :lol: ..give me a break)

I wonder what would happen if he was divorced. Would we be stuck with "Slobo" city?



Either way, I doubt he's conceived it as just a "suburb" considering that he plans to build the tallest skyscraper in the balkans right there. Why south of Bijelina instead of central Banja Luka? Who knows. To me it seems pretty arrogant to try and build even a suburb singlehandedly, much less one with skyscrapers and apparently a bridge over the Drina to connect it to 'the matica'.

Is Bijelina that big ? He's not constructing Manhattan although from some of the posts we've seen you'd think so.

Is Bijelina that big ? He's not constructing Manhattan although from some of the posts we've seen you'd think so.

Well, let's take into consideratino that he's still hoping to build a building larger than anything in Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Belgrade, Skoplje..

I doubt the skraper will be built anytime soon. Unless you know anuthing we don't.

I doubt the skraper will be built anytime soon. Unless you know anything we don't.

If this was a rich region I really wouldn't mind anyone building new cities. I don't even mind now, actually it's more like I don't care.
But as reading this thread I had to reply - the cities all over Serbia and Montenegro and BiH don't have hospitals, don't have theatres, don't have universities, don't have shopping malls, and don't have enough bridges.

Well Homer, Bijelina didn't have an internationally recognized university and a modern hospital until recently. Nor a bridge for that matter. Now it does.

How nice, a University in the middle of no-where. This *cough*city*cough* is just one blown up idea right out of lala-land.

And the name alone....can you say 'cheesy'?!

I'm sorry but this kind of high fetched ideas are prob. not the best thing right now for RS/Bosnia.

Instead of planning some skyscraper surrounded by cows, why not actually build something usefull in... let's say Banja Luka?!

But hey, those are just my silly ideas.

Slobomir- SLOBODAN and MIRA - War Criminal and his wife.

False, the main idea behind the name was city of SLOBOde and MIRa, and not of slobosdan and mira, it s bad coincidence. Though, this city doesnt have future, basta.

I still think it's really funny that their names were Slobodan and Mirjana. It's just...you couldn't design something stranger. Unless his name was Sarajlic and her maiden name was Bosnjak. :D

Wow, nice university. Wonder if it's already covered in graffiti !!!

Just out of curiousity, i think someone should visit Slobomir and take some photos of constructions/ongoing and completed works, maybe have a talk with someone in charge to see whats going on. I'm still an optimist about this project...:okay:

(lone one, but someone has to...)

what to photograph ? few buildings here and there and one street, over ?

^
You've just described Toronto for me...but people still photograph it?

There are things to photograph in Slobomir, im sure...maybe the construction site of this new sports centre with aquapark that they are building?


IZGRADNJA SPORTSKO REKREATIVNOG CENTRA SA AQUA PARKOM U SLOBOMIRU

http://www.slobomir.com/slike/sportski_centar.jpg

Sadržaj planiranog sportskog centra bi obuhvatao:

univerzalnu dvoranu sa 5000 sjedišta sa svim pratećim servisnim i trgovinskim prostorima,
otvorene i zatvorene bazene različitih dimenzija za sve uzraste,
zatvoreno klizalište,
aqua park,
fitnes klubove i teretane,
klupske prostorije,
saune,
restoran,
hotel kapaciteta od oko 600 ležajeva,
parking prostor.
Prostor ovog objekta ce obuhvatati površinu od 8 hektara. Sportski centar bi bio jedinstven na prostorima u kojima gravitira preko 1.500.000 stanovnika.

^ Well it's not far from Belgrade, why don't you try ;)

Well I wouldn't trust much to stories,aparently this guy had some problems with US IRS over some $10,000 donations,keeps donating regulary to Republicans (I guess to get support),he came to Balkans in early 90's,build some bridge over Drina but today hes charging money to cross it (donations where you make money on it?)
Hes buying banks,real estate and companies....easy way to get rich but on other side have to proclaim yourself as savior ,doing good things for people in "srpska".
In USA if you would build school in middle of nowhere you would be considered crazy..it doesn't make any sense except that they can "declare how they are building a whole city"...Play patriot while you make money.
I am suprised people in Balkans didn't learn lesson from war.
If you would to build whole city in middle of woods,WHO would live there?
Population in BiH is not that great to support "another" city,as seen with example of "East Sarajevo"....many people moved out of Bosnia during a war and rest of it escaped to bigger cities like Sarajevo,Banjaluka etc....there is no chance to populate even small town if was to be built brand new.

I wonder if anyone in Balkans can check claims made by this guys propaganda....I doubt he could pulled something like that in Chicago or rest of USA.

Slobomir is located in the muncipaility of Bijeljina (second biggest city in republic of Srpska).

^ You live in Bijeljina? Anything new down there?

A newly published article about Slobomir...quite interesting, gives more details about a few things.



October 1st, 2005

Čikaški biznismeni i dobrotvori Mira i Slobodan Pavlović, koji su na obalama Drine podigli most i prvi privatni grad Slobomir, planiraju da izgrade i prvi grad zabave i uživanja za najmlađe:

Piše: Marko Lopušina

U gradu Slobomiru podižemo prvi Diznilend u jugoistočnoj Evropi i četvrti na svetu !

Na svetu danas postoje tri Diznilenda, jedan u Kaliforniji, drugi na Floridi i treći u Parizu. Diznilend je ovih dana proslavio svoj 50 rođendan. Kao kompanija za zabavu Diznilend zapošljava 25.000 ljudi. Godišnje ga samo u Parizu poseti pet miliona ljudi. Mi želimo da narodu jugoistične Evrope ponudimo priliku da se u Slobomiru druže kroz igru i veselje (Blago Blagojević)



Kreativni tim, koji planira razvoj grada Slobomira napravio je projekat zabavnog parka Diznilend 11 jezera na 1o hektara. Želimo da podignemo ogromni akvarijum, marine i lakune sa čarobnim brodićima i lađama, zoološki vrt sa domaćim i divljim životinjama, luna park i bazene sa toplom vodom, jer imamo licencu za korišćenje termalnih voda (Blago Blagojević)



Kada je prošle nedelje čikaški graditelj Slobodan Pavlović gostovao na Državnom univerzitetu u Sijetlu, gde je dogovarao studijsku posetu američkih profesora Univerzitetu Slobomir, jedan od Amerikanaca ga je iznenada upitao:



- Gospodine Pavloviću čuli smo da ste u vašem gradu Slobomiru podigli kineski zid, dug 14 kilometara, koji brani vaš grad od poplava i oluja. Ima li slobodnih kuća u vašem gradu, želeli bismo da se doselimo, jer se bojimo uragana u Americi?



- Grad je slobodan za sve ljude sveta. Dobro došli profesore ! – odgovorio mu je Slobodan Pavlović.



Slobomir je danas najmlađi, najmanji i jedini privatni grad na Starom kontinentu. U ovom gradu, koji već 12 godina srpski iseljenici Mira i Slobodan Pavlović podižu na obalama Drine, između sela Badovinci u Srbiji i sela Popovi u Republici Srpskoj, danas živi i radi oko 400 ljudi. Dnevno kroz Slobomir, koji i zvanično ima status grada u okviru opštine Bijeljina, prođe i svrati 3.500 vozila i 8.000 putnika.



- Prva faza gradnje Slobomira je završena. Kupili smo 45 hektara zemlje, nasipom i zidom ga zaštitili od poplava i sagradili put, banku, univerzitet, kliniku, restoran, knjižaru, slobodnu zonu, toplovod, tržni centar i radio stanicu. Grad je zaživeo, jer u njemu studira 300 mladih ljudi iz BiH, RS, SCG, Hrvatske, pa i Kine, a poslovni ljudi se interesuju za kupovinu lokala i za trgovinu kroz našu slobodnu zonu – rekao nam je Blago Blagojević, direktor izgradnje grada Slobomira i nezvanični gradonačelnik.



San koji se ostavruje


Za 40 godina koliko Slobodan i Mira Pavlović žive u emigraciji, u Americi su postali milioneri, ali i humanisti jer su u SAD doveli i zaposlili tridesetak članova svoje porodice i stotinak svojih zemljaka, tako da danas u SAD ima 86 članova porodica Krkljuš i Pavlović.


- Sve ćemo njih Mira i ja da vratimo natrag u otadžbinu – rekao nam je jednom prilikom Slobodan Pavlović - Ja sam oduvek sanjao da ću ispuniti očev zavet i vratiti se kući kao uspešan čovek. Taj san je počeo da mi se ostvaruje početkom devedesetih, kada sam prvi put došao kući. Tada mi se i rodila ideja da podignem most na Drini kod mog sela Popovi i da spojim rodni kraj sa Srbijom. U to vreme granica između BiH i Srbije nije bila na reci, kao danas već ovamo preko reke, na samom obodu mog sela Popovi – pričao nam je Slobodan Pavlović, koji je napisao knjigu svojih memoara pod naslovom «Idi sine, ali se ne vraćaj».



Raspad SFRJ, rat u Bosni i velika ekonomska kriza u otadžbini ponukla je Miru i Slobodana da u Sarajevu zatraže dozvolu za podizanje mosta na Drini. Kada su ih Bosanci odbili, Pavlovići su zahtev podneli Vladi Srbije, koja je odobrila prvu koncesiju u našoj zemlji. Iako se ugovorom, koji je potpisao Radoman Božović, Srbija obavezala da će podliti troškove izgradnje mosta na Drini, Pavlovići su samo uložili oko 4 miliona dolara i podigli ćuprtiju, koja je odmah od naroda dobila njihovo ime.

ma 86.ovom "pojim rodni kraj sa Srbijom. kao: "ađevinac u Make

- Pavlovića most spasao je na hiljade izbeglica koji su 1995. godine morali da beže iz Bosne i iz Krajine. Zbog toga, a i zato jer su Pavlovići aktivno učestvovali u prevazilaženju crkvenog rakola u dijasposri, Srpska pravoslavna crkva im je dodelila orden Svetog save prvog reda – podseća nas direktor grada Blago Blagojević.



Sredinom devedesetih Slobodanu Pavloviću je u sred Čikaga, kako nam je rekao, u san došao «nebeski grad Slobomir sa novim simbolom Pavlovića kulom». Poverio se piscu Siniši Kovačeviću, koji je oktobra 1995. godine proročanski napisao:



"Bračni par Pavlovića, Srbi iz dijaspore, odavno je stao uz kapetana Mišu Anastasijevića, Savu Tekeliju, Kolarca, Simu Igumanova...Diče se crkvom u svom selu, spomenikom knezu Ivi od Semberije, Pavlovića mostom. Sada u Republici Srpskoj hoće da dižu grad sa pogledom na Srbiju. Teško ćete ga dići, dragi moji Pavlovići, ako nešto ne uzidate u temelje. To mora biti nešto jako drago i blisko. Kao što je bila Gojkova ljubovca, da bi se grad Skadar podigao..."



Grad radosti


Mira i Slobodan Pavlović poslednje dve godine svakog meseca dolaze u Slobomir da lično učestvuju u njegovoj izgradnji. Od opštine Bijeljina kupili su lane još 45 hektara zemlje, koju će da zasipanjem tona šljunka da podiugnu na kotu 95, na kojoj je i Novi Beograd, da bi nastavili proširivanje Slobomira:



- Naš plan je da do 2010. godine proširimo Univerzitet Slobomir, koji sada ima 6 fakulteta, da podignemo studentski dom i industrijsku zonu. Otvorićemo fabriku vode, sokova i prerade voća i povrća. A na novoj lokaciji sagradimo veliko stambeno naselje, tržni centar svetskog novoa, sportsku halu sa pratećin terenima i bazenima i prvi Diznilend u jugoistočnoj Evropi – otkrio nam je direktor grada Blago Blagojević.



Ideju da se na zemlji, koja po katastru pripada srpskoj opštini Bogatić i selu Badovinci, a po novim kartama Republici Srpskoj, podigne grad zabave, radosti i veselja, potekao je od gospođe Mire Pavlović:



- Mi podiženo grad slobode i mira, a toga nema bez dece, bez njihovog zvonkog smeha i radosti – rekla nam je Mira Pavlović, koja je upravo doletela iz Čikaga da bi potpisala pismo, koje kompanija Slobomira šalje upravi Diznilenda u Pariz sa molbom za odobrenje licence za podizanje prvog Diznijevog grada zabave i igre na srpkoj zemlji.



- Na svetu danas postoje tri Diznilenda, jedan u Kaliforniji, drugi na Floridi i treći u Parizu. Diznilend je ovih dana proslavio svoj 50 rođendan. Kao kompanija za zabavu Diznilend zapošljava 25.000 ljudi. Godišnje ga samo u Parizu poseti pet miliona ljudi. Mi želimo da narodu jugoistične Evrope ponudimo priliku da se u Slobomiru druže kroz igru i veselje – objasnio nam je direktor grada Blago Blagojević.



Istovremeno pismo sa zahtevom za licencu biće poslato i upravi Diznilenda u Los Anđelosu. Blago Blagojević nam je otkrio šta piše u tim pismima:



- Naš kreativni tim, koji planira razvoj grada Slobomira sa arhitektama napravio je projekat zabavnog parka Diznilend 11 jezera na 1o hektara. Kako su to prirodna jezera, koja se nalaze u zaseoku Obranak, na samoj obali Drine, naš plan je da u srpskom Diznilendu spojimo prirodu i čovekovo umeće. Želimo da podignemo ogromni akvarijum, marine i lakune sa čarobnim brodićima i lađama, zoološki vrt sa domaćim i divljim životinjama, luna park i bazene sa toplom vodom, jer imamo licencu za korišćenje termalnih voda.



Zaseok Obranak će biti pretvoren u izletište i centar za sport i rekreaciju. Pavlovići planiraju da podignu hotel A kategorije sa 600 ležaja. A njegove termalne vode će poslužiti za izgradnju i prve banje na obalama Drine.



- Do kraja godine jedna naša delegacija će otići u zvaničnu posetu Diznilendu u Parizu i Diznilendu u Los Anđelosu da bi videli kako funkcioniše ovaj najveći zabavni park na svetu – otkrila nam je svoj plan Mira Pavlović.



Slobomir i u Srbiji


Ima skeptika koji tvrde da je Pavlovićev san da podigne Diznilend u gradu bez dimnjaka za 10.000 stanovnika, utopija. Međutim, graditelji Mira i Slobodan Pavlović, kako tvrdi direktor grada Slobomira, tako ne misle:



- I kada su Pavlovići govorili da će podići most na Drini pričalo se da je to nemoguće. Kada je pomenut grad na Drini, rečeno je da je to samo san. Da, san jeste, ali se on ostvaruje. Mi ćemo do 2010. godine kupiti još 220 hektara zemlje i proširiti grad Slobomir preko reke u Srbiju, na prostoru opštine Bogatić.



Razloge za širenje Slobomira i za podizanje prvog srpskog Diznilenda porodica Pavlović vidi u naglom razvoju Semberije, Mačve, a pre svega Bijeljine, koja je od kasabe sa 90.000 stanovnika za poslednjih deset godina izrasla u grad od preko 150. 000 žitelja. Uz to Slobomir se nalazi na velikoj raskrsnici tri države, SCG, BiH i Hrvatske.



Na njegovim obroncima u selu Popovi već rade šljunkara, fabrika nameštaja, fabrika betonskih blokova, benzinska pumpa i čuve diskoteka Imperija. Pored Slobomira svoje firme i objekte grade i drugi poznati biznismeni iz republike Srpske – porodice Bobar, Despotović, Todorović i Bjelanović. Zbog podizanja grada Slobomira cena njiva i zemljišta je u Popovima u RS i u Badovincima u Srbiji skočila sa 2.000 KM na 12.000 do 15.000 konvertabilnih maraka za dulum (10 ari).



- U našem širem okruženju od 80 kilometara živi 1,9 miliona ljudi, koji prirodno gravitiraju Slobomiru, koji se i širi na tom prostoru. Mi već imamo filijalne naših banaka i univerziteta u Brčkom, Doboju, Banjaluci, a stranci se sve više interesuju za otvaranje fabrika i trgovačkih firmni u našoj slobodnoj zoni. Nemci hoće da grade fabrike hrane, a Austrijanci da trguju sa vodom za piće. Prve stanmbene zgrade sa 180 staova podižemo večć u proleće 2006. A na srpskoj strani u Badovincima ćemo da sazgradimo ogroman poslovni, tržni i administrativni centar. Proširićemo zonu oko Pavlovića mosta i povećati njegovu prohodnost. Mi već imamo planove za zapošljavanje 3.500 ljudi, koji će raditi u fabrici hrane «Sava» ili na farmama za uzgoj bilja ili prozivodnju vode i sokova, što znači da za pet godina zaista možemo da imamo 10.000 stanovnika i da budemo pravi grad – rekao nam je Blago Blagojević, koji nam je priznao da se tada neće kandidovati za gradonačelnika, jer Slobomir treba 2010. da dobije na izborima svog prvog čoveka.



Pavlovića kula


Porodica Pavlović i rukovodioci Slobomira ne žele javno da govore o tome koliko košta izgradnja ovog «grada mira i slobode» ili «prvog ekološkog grada», kako vole da ga nazivaju. Razlog za tu tajnovitost leži u činjenici da je projekat zidanja grada Slobomira komercijalan i da poslovni partneri iz RS, SCG, BiH, Hrvatske, SAD, nemačke, Austrije, Rusije i drugih država ne žele da se govori o njihovim ulaganjima. I drugi razlog je to što se cena nakretnina u Slobomiru, kako grad raste, stalno menja i što njegova vrednost kao grada biznisa neprestano raste.



Posladnja cifra, koja je pre nekoliko godina, pominjana kao investicija u Slobomir, iznosila je oko 70 miliona dolara.



Kada žitelje Slobomira danas pitate kada će grad zvanično biti gotov, odgovoriće van: - Nikad, Slobomir će stalno da raste!



Ipak, ima ljudi u RS koji smatraju da će grad biti završen onog trena kada osnivači grada otvore svoju Pavlovića kulu. Naime, gradom Slobomirom 2010. godine prema projektu treba da dominira multifunkcionalni objekat, oblakoder visok 177 metara sa 37 spratova. Njega su Mira i Slobodan nazvali Pavlovića kula:


- Gledao sam piramide, Tadž mahal i sve američke neboder i računao koliko to ja mogu da investiram da bih sebi i narodu podigao jedan poslovni i kulturni centar, koji ide nebu pod oblake. I smislio sam Pavlovića kulu, u kojo jće biti smešteni moje poslovne prostorije, dok kulture, biblioteka, gradska vlast, ali i televizija, radio i novinske redakcije. Na vrhu kule će biti restoran sa vidikovce, odkle će posetioci moći da vide Semberiju i Mačvu, Drinu, Republiku Srpski i Srbiju – ispričao nam je svoj novi san Slobodan Pavlović, koj inamerava da na Sajmu srpske privrede u Las Vegasu u novembru promoviše svoj grad Slobomir i prvi srpski Diznilend.



Sa 40 dolara u Ameriku


Osnivači i graditelji grada Slobodan i Mira Pavlović iz Čikaga su vlasnici kompanije za trgovinu nekretninama i suvlasnici naftnih polja na Floridi i jedne banke u državi Ilinois. Do pre pet godina Pavlovići su u Čikagu imali 40 zgrada za izdavanje stanova, u kojima je živelo i do 8.000 ljudi. Kada je počela izgradnja grada Slobomira, Pavlovići su u Americi počeli da prodaju svoje zgrade, a da ovde na Drini podižu nova zdanja.



- Slobodan Pavlović je rođen 1938. ovde u selu Popovi. Odrastao je na Drini, igrao se njenim obalama i maštao da jednog dana podigne most koji će da spaja njegovo selo i Badovince, u koje je voleo preko reke da odlazi. Odrastao je u porodici sa mnogo dece, koja često nisu imala šta da jednu, pa je posle srednje škole otišao kao građevinac u Makedoniju da radi. Iz Skoplja je 1963. godine, kobajagi krenuo na sajam u Njujorka, a ustvari, pošao je da emigrira i da se skrasi kod svoje tetke u Geri. Kada je krenuo otac Mika mu je poručio: «Idi sine ali se ne vraćaj, ako ne uspeš!» Dok je avionom sletao na njujorški aerodrom i video ogromni parking, koji se plaveo od krovova automobila, Slobodan je pomislio da je to more – priča nam Blago Blagojević.



Miroslava Krkljuš, danas gospođa Pavlović, rođena je u vojvođanskom selu Šajkaš. Upoznala je Slobodana u Čikagu, dok su pohađali školu za nekretnine. Mira se sa porodicom doselila u Čikago 1964. godine, preko Austrije, u koju su prebegli.



Kada je Slobodan ušao u Ameriku imao je samo 40 dolara u džepu. A kada se oženio sa Mirom, živeli su u iznajmljenom stanu sa krevetom, koji se sklapao i kačio na zid. Kao trgovci nekretninama prvu kuću su kupili 1973. preuredili i preprodali. Slobodan, kog su Amerikanci po ocu Miki prozvali Majk, je već 1975. godine proglašen za najuspešnijeg trgovca nekretninama u gradu koji se na indijanskom zove Polja luka.

Until some foreign and domestic investors set up shop there and create jobs there will be little growth.

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I think that is the stupidest idea in the whole world, they should of seriously added onto Banja Luka or a diff city instead of building it in the woods, and all the people that are attending school their are probably from near by villages that never had an education, I agree that they should have a hospital and school and everything, but if a city is small build it small!!! and for the skyscraper- oh please dude, ud be better of building it in the middle of germany where people can actually afford to live in it and will set up shop around it. :weird:

WE DO NOT NEED NEW CITIES, WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY AND ADD ON TO OUR EXISTING CITIES.

:goodnight this is whats going to happen to that city<< and i agree with everyone else, where are we supposed to get people from to live there? what, we need to abandon Banja Luka so we can live in some pointless place with no jobs, the old mans crazy.

Oh and the names stupid, sounds like a communist russian city or something :sleepy:

No comment. :)

http://www.slobomir.com/srp/Slike/zgrade.jpg

Slobomir is growing:yes:

So guys...who do we have to send to LAS VEGAS, to this Serbian economy convention thats being held from 11th to 13th November, where a few construction projects will be presented, including future plans for Slobomir?

Ovaj grad me podseca na americke univerzitetske gradice. Veliki broj njihovih vaznih univerziteta uopste se ne nalazi u vecim gradovima vec malim mestima.

lol problem je u tome što ovo nije grad :| :lol: ali u svakom slučaju dobra stvar što se otvorio univerzitet i bolnica ;) :D

I still say its kind of dumb...it should be a college town like Singidunum said it reminded him of. and I really don't think we need skyscrapers there.

just think about it...all is flat and all of a sudden a 30 floor skyscraper pops up, akward huh?

The skyscraper won’t be approved for Slobomir, because everyone knows it’s a bad idea.
The city will have some nice modern apartments, a couple of shopping streets, one or two malls, a hospital, police station and some other basic buildings for a small city. Nothing too special will come out of this small city.

"ispričao nam je svoj novi san Slobodan Pavlović, koj inamerava da na Sajmu srpske privrede u Las Vegasu u novembru promoviše svoj grad Slobomir i prvi srpski Diznilend.

15th Annual Serbian Economy Fair , which will be held in Las Vegas this year, runs from November 11th to 13th. The planned Pavlovic Tower and "Disneyland" project will be promoted to potential investors.

We gotta wait for news:)

There is no way for a Disney Land to be built in Slobomir. The media is making too big of a deal for this small city. It’s not going to accomplish much. It would have been much smarter to build in one of Bosnia’s larger cities.

Bijeljina with close to 150.000 population , of which Slobomir is virtually a suburb of, IS one of Bosnia's largest cities;)

Bijeljina with close to 150.000 population , of which Slobomir is virtually a suburb of, IS one of Bosnia's largest cities;)

Why not then just build all the things in Bijeljina?

LOL Disneyland ??? :rofl:
Disneyland Resort Slobomir :D:D
YEAAAAAAAAA Bosnia&Herzegovina is gonna have Disneyland and Serbia&Montenegro and Croatia woooooooooont blaa blaa blaaa :happy: :P :lol:

"Disneyland" project
Do the " " mean that it's only Disneyland-alike stuff ?

Slobolend ?

:hilarious

The master plan of the whole city-
http://www.slobomir.com/eng/themes/iCGstation/images/mapabig.jpg

ONGOING PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION IN SLOBOMIR: ELEVATION OF THE GROUND IN SLOBOMIR
Based on the geo-engineer analysis and the Project of geological and geo-mechanic study, the entire surface of the City needs to be elevated to 94 meters above see level for the purpose of protection against the underground waters.
Desired ground level is achieved by removal of the existing natural humus layer, compressing of sub-ground level and adding the layer of grinded stone until the desired elevation is reached.
This procedure has been completed on the surface of 15 hectares. The remaining 30 hectares of the City surface needs to be elevated in the alleged manner. Approximately 1 000 000 m³ of grinded stone needs to be coated with the concrete panels.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE 35 KV POWER LINE AND 35 KV POWER TRANSFORMER STATION
A sufficient power supply within the First Phase of construction of the City has been provided by the 10 KV power line and adequate power transformer station. Construction of the 35 KV Power line and adequate power transformer station is a necessary step towards final construction of the planned facilities.Project on mutual financing of the Power line construction has been made in cooperation with the Public Power Supply Company “Electro Bijeljina”. Accordingly, “Elektro Bijeljina” and Slobomir Company have mutually financed construction of the line connecting PTS “Bijeljina 3” with the PTS “Dvorovi”. Slobomir Company will independently finance construction of the line connecting PTS “Dvorovi” with the PTS “Slobomir

HEATING NETWORK IN SLOBOMIR
Geothermal analyses conducted by Mining-Geological Faculty in Belgrade have shown presence of rich sources of geothermal energy in this area, based on geothermal water.
The Company plans to build a Heating Plant and two geothermal wells in order to provide the City with the heating. For the needs of flower and vegetable production in the green houses, there is a plan to construct a separate geothermal well in village Popovi.
Slobomir Company has signed the Contract on Concession for exploitation of geothermal water with The Government of Republic of Srpska, for the concession period of 30 years.

CONSTRUCTION OF SPORT/RECREATION CENTER WITH AQUA PARK IN SLOBOMIR

http://www.slobomir.com/slike/sportski_centar.jpg

The Sport Center would include:
• Standard arena with 5000 seats and all of the accompanying services and commercial facilities
• Opened and indoor swimming pools of different dimensions
• Closed skating arena
• Aqua park
• Fitness clubs and gyms
• Sport team rooms
• Sauna
• Restaurant
• Hotel (600 beds)
• Parking lots
Sport center will spread over 8 hectares surface. Such a Sports Center would be unique in this area populated by 1 500 000.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACTORY FOR BOTTLING MINERAL WATER
Reserves of clean mineral water have been established 50-120 meters beneath the surface of Slobomir. Mineral contents of the water are favorable and according to related benchmark, the water belongs in the group of so-called olygo-mineral waters. There is a possibility of xploitation of 900 million liters a year from one vertically drilled well. Factory for bottling water and fruit juice will be constructed in Slobomir with the flexible capacity of 20 million bottles a year. The capacity can be adjusted due to the market requirements.
Basic technology of the Factory is comprised of three production lines:
The First production line shall be used for bottling clean and mildly mineralized water, the Second Line will be used for bottling cooled thermo mineral water from the 1 500m well, and the Third Line will be used for production and bottling fruit juices and refreshments.
The building will be constructed on the 3000 m² surface and spread over the 2 hectares within the Free Trade Zone “Slobomir”.

MANUFACTURING FACILITIES WITHIN THE FREE TRADE ZONE “SLOBOMIR”

http://www.slobomir.com/slike/sl_zona.jpg

The Free Trade Zone “Slobomir” represents an important factor for the development of commercial functions of Slobomir, our country and beyond.
The Free Trade Zone “Slobomir” is constructed in compliance with the positive Laws and regulations as well as with technical and technological conditions. It spreads over the 10 hectares surface with the connection to the existing highway, as well as the connection to the future transit highway that bypasses Slobomir.
In accordance with the decision No: 02-02-02-6606/04, for official start of the operations in the Free Trade Zone, it is necessary to build two buildings of the total surface of 5 000 m² for the future users. These buildings have ground floor plus one story, and this space can be used for various purposes.

SECOND PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL CENTER “KNEZ IVO OD SEMBERIJE”

http://www.slobomir.com/slike/trzni_centar.jpg

Construction of the second building for the purposes of stock market, commercial space and additional space for the needs of Slobomir P University is planned to take place right next to the existing building. The building will have the ground floor, plus four additional floors. The ground and the first floor are designated for commercial activities, second for the stock market, third and fourth for the needs of the University. Total surface of the building is 25 000 m², and it spreads over one hectare together with entrances, parking and pedestrian zones.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN SLOBOMIR

http://www.slobomir.com/slike/nove_zgrade.jpg

Requirement for the residential space has grown together with the development of the town and the employment growth. Accordingly, there is a plan to build three residential buildings with ground floor, 4 floors and lofts (total 190 flats). Office space on the ground floor are meant to be used for the needs of the residents (shops, services etc.) and one of the three buildings will have a kindergarten on the ground floor. The rest of the ground floor space will be used for garages. Total surface of the buildings is 12 000 m².

CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SLOBOMIR

Construction of the Elementary school is planned due to the requirements of Slobomir residents. School will have ground floor plus two floors and a total surface of 1200 m². The Project for construction of the school gives the opportunity for widening the space of the school building in accordance with the population growth in Slobomir. It is necessary to provide 0,5 hectares space at this moment, with the possibility for further widening through the total of 2 hectares surface.

u no somehow I doubt there will be a Disneyland in the former Yugoslav countries...but like mimca said maybe in Greece?

Sounds very commie, Slobomir University, Slobomir Mall, what next? Slobomir Public Toilet Block.

Sounds very commie, Slobomir University, Slobomir Mall, what next? Slobomir Public Toilet Block.

yah thats what I said very commie name...

Sounds very commie, Slobomir University, Slobomir Mall, what next?
Slobomirians :runaway:

^^lmao! samojim jos treba ruska zastava na onim neboderu sto kazu da ce napraviti :rofl:

ili kineska, koju god hoce?

transalation -

all they need for the city is a commie flag of a used to be commie country and it would be perfect :P

yah thats what I said very commie name...
Sounds insane to me, good stuff for John Carpenter.

http://www.leaders.co.yu/img/80pavlovic01.jpg

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Sounds insane to me, good stuff for John Carpenter.

http://www.leaders.co.yu/img/80pavlovic01.jpg

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omg that dude needs a hair cut, he looks like a retard :crazy:

OK, I solemnly declare that from now on I will give my full support to development of Slobomir, despite my initial doubts and worries. This is of course such a beautiful display of bad taste that I truly hope it will become something of a cult city, a place of pilgrimage even, like Christiania, giving people an opportunity to escape those draconian laws of the banana state they live in and have some good, clean fun in Slobolend. After all, "The Free Trade Zone “Slobomir” is constructed in compliance with the positive Laws and regulations as well as with technical and technological conditions", whatever the fuck that means.
Pavlović Internešnl Banka, baby!

:cheers:

Sounds insane to me, good stuff for John Carpenter.

http://www.leaders.co.yu/img/80pavlovic01.jpg

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:lol:
Somehow I first thought of that dentist from Marathon Man, der Weisse Engel, played by Lawrence Olivier... :nuts:


:cheers:

OK, I solemnly declare that from now on I will give my full support to development of Slobomir, despite my initial doubts and worries. This is of course such a beautiful display of bad taste that I truly hope it will become something of a cult city, a place of pilgrimage even, like Christiania, giving people an opportunity to escape those draconian laws of the banana state they live in and have some good, clean fun in Slobolend. After all, "The Free Trade Zone “Slobomir” is constructed in compliance with the positive Laws and regulations as well as with technical and technological conditions", whatever the fuck that means.
Pavlović Internešnl Banka, baby!

:cheers:

yah Bosnia is doing very well lol, getting a new constitution as well, there is nothing wrong with the other cities, that city is basically going to develope in to a College Town for students, no skyscrapers there bud :)

plus that is a suburb and suburbs as you all know never have skyscrapers, well most of the time :/ unless it's Japan then yah a village has a skyscraper :rofl:

Kako napreduje Slobomir Tower?

Kako napreduje Slobomir Tower?

Uopce nisu poceli radovi.

Je li se uopste jos ista izgradilo osim one jedne zgrade koaj je na svakoj slici? Na Google Earth se vidi most i jedna i po zgrada i to je sve. Ostalo su njive i sume...

Nista vise od te jedne zgrade na livadi....

Citam na Sirbegovic.com da bi uskoro trebali poceti radovi na Aquapark Slobomir, bas veliko izgleda.

Vise info na PDF: http://sirbegovic.com/uploaded/fun/novosti/NOVOSTI_23.pdf

Da li neko ima neku sliku plana, šta je napravljeno, bilo šta o ovom projektu? Da li je još uvek aktivan uopšte? I evo, našao sam sliku kako će izgledati glavna kula!

http://www.index.hr/images2/slobomir6v.jpg

Uhuu!! :)

Ali u snovima :)

Evo, jedva sam pronašao ove, ako imate još neku dodajtem ja nigde ne mogu da nadjem..

Izvinite za dve velike slike, tako je kako je!!! :)

SLOBOMIR
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6245/01cf5.jpg

Mapa centra grada

http://www.slobomir.com/eng/images/stories/mapabig.jpg

Slobomir P Univerzitet
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/5164276354_396b509835_b.jpg

Free trade zone
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1883/dsc08998sb4.jpg

Teslianum
http://www.slobomir.com/images/stories/02.jpg

Plan za sportski centar
http://www.slobomir.com/eng/images/stories/sportski_centar.jpg

O njima samo znam da imaju svoju RTV stanicu, univerzitet i banku i da su iz Čikaga
Napravili su taj famozni pavlovica put na kojem se plaća puterina
Običan most

Ostalo ne i bio sam tamo i selendra mislim usred njive nekakve građevine

ima li kakvih novosti?

ima li kakvih novosti?

Valjda grade onaj Aqua/Vodeni park ?

http://www.slobomir.com/images/stories/1.jpg

grade... trenutno se izlivaju kosi stubovi koji će nositi konstrukciju. radi se prakticno 1/3 ovog projekta, pošto je podijeljen u 3 faze. planira se da do sljedećeg proljeća bude gotov zatvoreni bazen i nekoliko zatvorenih tobogana.

Ima li neko neku sliku skoriju?