With additional seating and more greenery, the town hall wants to support the revitalization of Chemnitz city center after Corona. The first smaller projects to increase the quality and duration of stay in the central business locations are to be implemented in the coming weeks. Mayor Sven Schulze said that on Tuesday …
With additional seating and more greenery, the town hall wants to support the revitalization of Chemnitz city center after Corona. The first smaller projects to increase the quality and duration of stay in the central business locations are to be implemented in the coming weeks. Mayor Sven Schulze announced this on Tuesday. With the measures, the city is also responding to requests from the population. The money for the purchases comes from a fund decided by the city council to support the city center. For this and next year, 80,000 euros each are available.
In addition, as a result of the Corona crisis, the revitalization of the inner city is increasingly coming into focus as a strategic task. Problems with empty shops and changing shopping behavior exist in other cities, too, according to Schulze. “But even before the corona pandemic, we had fewer people in the city center than necessary.” That is why the newly formed department for economics and digitalization in the town hall is currently increasingly taking care of the interests of the city center. In doing so, she relies on close cooperation with the local stakeholders. After completing an analysis of the current situation, according to Schulze, a strategy paper is now to be developed for the years up to the year of the cultural capital of 2025. It is particularly a matter of presenting the city center more strongly as a place of experience. “Just selling goods is no longer enough these days,” said the mayor.