Last updated: October 2021
Owing to the city’s participatory budget, the residents created a well-equipped green recreational square in a vacant area of one of Bydgoszcz's neighbourhoods. The initiative involved the creation of an outdoor gym with several exercise equipment stations, as well as planting pollution-resistant trees and bushes - including oaks, maples, pine and spruce. The initiative aims to manage vacant space and increase access to the green space in this city district [1].
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Green playgrounds and school grounds
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Improving physical health
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
Providing green space for sport and relaxation in the vacant area of the city [1];
Increase green space area [1];
Implementation activities
1) Building a wooden gazebo;
2) Assembly of litter bins and bicycles racks;
3) Planting of the maximum number of trees and bushes that do not require complicated treatments, grow fast and tolerate environmental pollution and difficult urban conditions;
4) Dividing the recreational area into several different zones;
5) Building an outdoor gym with 4 multi-station exercise equipment;
6) Planting oaks, maples, pine and spruce and nearly 200 bushes [1].
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Citizens developed a proposal and applied for funds from the participatory budget of Bydgoszcz.
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(All projects submitted to the participatory city budget of Bydgoszcz have to be compatible with the urban spatial development plans.(2) The valid plan in the area of the project is the 'Local spatial development plan for Osiedle Tatrzanskie in the Fordon district of Bydgoszcz'.(3))
Financing
Total cost
€50,000 - €100,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
- Reduced biodiversity loss
- Increased number of species present
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Health and wellbeing
- Improved physical health
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Increased sense of place identity, memory and belonging
- Education
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts, Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. City Council website - project description, 'Square 'strength of silence' in Mariampol' ('Skwer Siła Ciszy Mariampola'),
Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
2. City Council website - rules of the participatory budget, 'Submit a proposal' ('Zgłoś projekt!'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
3. Local spatial development plan for Osiedle Tatrzanskie in the Fordon district of Bydgoszcz (2004), (See attachment)
4. Unknown. (2017). Skwer Siła Ciszy Mariampola na osiedlu Tatrzańskim gotowy! (The Square of The Power of Silence Mariampol in the Tatrzanski neighbourhood is ready!). Source link. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
5. Unknown. (2017). Siła Ciszy Mariampola gotowa. Jest też coś dla zakochanych (The Power of Silence of Mariampol is ready. There is something for lovers too). Gazeta Bydgoszcz. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
2. City Council website - rules of the participatory budget, 'Submit a proposal' ('Zgłoś projekt!'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
3. Local spatial development plan for Osiedle Tatrzanskie in the Fordon district of Bydgoszcz (2004), (See attachment)
4. Unknown. (2017). Skwer Siła Ciszy Mariampola na osiedlu Tatrzańskim gotowy! (The Square of The Power of Silence Mariampol in the Tatrzanski neighbourhood is ready!). Source link. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
5. Unknown. (2017). Siła Ciszy Mariampola gotowa. Jest też coś dla zakochanych (The Power of Silence of Mariampol is ready. There is something for lovers too). Gazeta Bydgoszcz. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
The silence zone in Bydgoszcz
Source: https://bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl/bydgoszcz/7,48722,22765722,sila-ciszy-mariampola-gotowa-jest-tez-cos-dla-zakochanych.html