Participatory approach Spoorzone

The first step was the Short & Powerful Festival (December 2019). In one afternoon, we challenged those interested to look at the area through different glasses. To see the opportunities. The next step was the Citizens Science Lab. In two days, approximately 80 involved residents and professionals immersed themselves in 4 themes from the ambition document. They discussed dilemmas and looked for possible solutions. This resulted in the following videos on 4 themes: https://www.denbosch.nl/nl/projecten/spoorzone/bossche-stadsdelta
The third step was the ‘run till you drop’ meeting. During this meeting, we showed how we processed the input from the Citizen Science Lab (the two-day workshop) into scenarios. We also took the input from the Work Studio and the Short & Powerful Festival with us. During this evening, we presented choices per theme for which those present could express their preference.
Meanwhile, from the end of November until the end of February, there was a walk-in studio it the site every Thursday afternoon. During these afternoons conversations took place and there was room to ask questions to the project team.
With all the collected input an adapted development plan was created, including new budget lines and planning proposals. Since the costs of implementation have increased substantially, additional budgets will have to be found.