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Winning projects for Take a seat! 2022 have been determined

Press event on Thursday, 6 pm, Colourful steps at the Technical Town Hall

On Thursday, 14 July at 6 pm, the winning projects from this year's round of
"Take a seat!" will be honoured. The certificates will be presented by Building Mayor Michael Stötzer and
a representative of Klub2025 at the colourful staircases at the Technical Town Hall.
will be presented.

Representatives of the media are cordially invited to attend.

The Nimm-Platz team received a total of 19 creative projects, 15 of which made it into the voting.
voting. From 26 June to 10 July, everyone in Chemnitz was able to vote for their favourite project
and thus decide which project would be supported with 2025 euros and actually realised with the help of the City of Chemnitz
and KLUB 2025 should actually be realised. A total of 4910 votes were
were cast.

The following projects can look forward to receiving funding:

  • "Source of culture in Grüna":
    From Easter fountains to harvest crowns - the bubbling stone on Grüna's Hexenberg is to be decorated in the future.
    be decorated in the future.
  • "Making music and lingering in the inner courtyard of the municipal music school":
    The inner courtyard of the music school will not only be transformed into an outdoor concert venue,
    also become a new play area with play elements for the children of the music school and the neighbourhood.
    neighbourhood.
  • "Watch out for the building site! A quiet zone is being created here in the centre of Gablenz":
    A new quiet zone is to be created in front of Gablenz primary school. With seating platforms,
    book exchange cupboard, raised bed and bee vending machine, there will be plenty to discover.
  • "Wanderplatz - mobile open space furniture for Chemnitz":
    Robust, original, multifunctional open-space furniture will soon be added to the station forecourt.
    station forecourt and then move on to other places in the city.
    other places in the city.
  • "Culture in nature. A new rest area in the south-east of Chemnitz":
    A new rest area between Kleinolbersdorf and Altenhain will invite people to take a seat and pause.
    to take a seat and pause for a moment. Picture window frames are also intended to offer a view of the
    nature and the surrounding sights.
  • "Chemnitz Basketball - Trash Cans":
    More fun with waste separation? With small basketball hoops on public rubbish bins
    not only to increase the desire to recycle, but also to express our city's love for basketball.
    for basketball.

Background:
Communities create places and places create community - this is the idea behind the project
"Take a seat!". Chemnitz residents were called upon to fill unused areas or squares
with their own ideas, to use their creativity to create new favourite places in Chemnitz and to use small
squares, gaps between buildings or brownfield sites into meeting places.