We have already received many ideas, but there are still open questions or need for coordination with others. Therefore, we have decided to extend the campaign until 31 March 2019, so that beautiful ideas do not fail because of the time schedule. Therefore here again the call:

Communities create places and places create community – this is the idea behind “Take a seat”. Chemnitz residents are called upon to fill unused areas or places with their own ideas. This should not involve projects worth millions, but rather manageable projects that use creativity to improve the quality of stay in one place or another – literally hand in hand with the city and its residents. Because the implementation of the projects should be created with the active support of the citizens, should bring people together for a beautiful new place in the middle of the district, in the middle of our city: for urban gardening, for sports activities, for playing, for celebrating, for barbecuing, for resting, for meeting friends, for tobogganing, for splashing around, for enjoying art, for listening to music, for playing theatre, for drinking coffee, for learning, for building a bicycle…

Therefore, all Chemnitz residents are called upon to photograph a possible site until 31 March 2019 , briefly describe the project idea and send it to chemnitz2025@stadt-chemnitz.de. The five most popular suggestions will then be determined by online voting and implemented in 2019 together with the citizens.

A budget of 2025 euros is available per place. A sum that makes personal initiative possible and at the same time necessary. Because the goal is a joint project that unites many talents.

In this way, from now on, five squares are to be redesigned each year, at least 25 by 2025, ideally in all parts of the city. Some perhaps for a long time, others only temporarily – but each one as an offer for encounters and joy, as an expression of the city’s creativity and doer mentality, as a sign of: #2025TogetherOutDoor