Shaping the future: Eggenburg's citizens tackle!

Shaping the future: Eggenburg's citizens tackle!

Eggenburg, Österreich - The future will be actively designed in Eggenburg! In cooperation with the village and urban renewal, the municipality has launched comprehensive citizen participation in order to develop a model for the development of the community. As part of a listening tour that took place in October, committed citizens were able to bring in their ideas and wishes. These initiatives aim not only to react to the current needs, but also to develop long-term projects that increase the quality of life in the region, as gemeindvision.at

In the course of the events, topics such as the revitalization of the town center, tourism, the infrastructure and renewable energies focus were in particular. Mayor Georg Gilli stated how important the direct dialogue with the population was to improve the quality of life in the community. "It is important to me that we shape our community more life -worth together," said Gilli. Furthermore, the results of this comprehensive citizen participation were processed in a future workshop in which accumulated ideas were prioritized and specified, reported The participation of the Eggenburg shows the great interest in an active help of shaping her municipality. In parallel to the tour, an online idea collection runs in which all citizens can bring in their suggestions and concerns. The mission statement report, which summarizes the results of the citizen participation, will be decided at the next council meeting. The community vision thus represents an important step towards the strategic development of the city, which includes all generations and is future -oriented.