Last updated: October 2021
Based on a neighbourhood survey the results pointed to a lack of green recreational spaces, in 2015 the citizens initiated a project to develop a new green square at the Zielona Street 19 in Gdynia. The project was implemented in 2018 and it aimed at improving the aesthetics of the district and provide green leisure space for the community. The initiative involves the management of the existing lawn, planting shrubs and trees, creating flowerbeds, building alleys and installing street lamps, creating variously-shaped wooden benches and litter bins, as well as building a fenced sandpit and a playground [1].
Zielona Street Revitalization (2018)
Photographer: Bianka Witkowska, retrieved 08/24/2018 from Joanna Jaczewska
Overview
Nature-based solution
- 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
- Regulation of built environment
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature
Project objectives
1) The improvement of the aesthetics of the district;
2) Provision of green areas for the inhabitants via management of a vacant green space [1].
Implementation activities
The initiative involves the management of the existing lawn, planting shrubs and trees, creating flowerbeds, building alleys and installing street lamps, assembly of variously-shaped wooden benches and litter bins, as well as building a fenced sandpit and a playground [1].
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Non-government organisation/civil society
- 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
The idea was developed in cooperation with representatives of residents from the Zielona Street, including the applicant - Mr Janusz Gromek and the Association of Social Education Non Stop from Oksywie district of Gdynia. This local cooperative applied for funds for the project's implementation from the participatory budget of Gdynia 2014. Gdynia municipality is responsible for funding and implementing the project [1].
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
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
- Increased green space area
- Increased number of species present
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Safety
- Increased perception of safety
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Facebook website of the intervention, 'Project: Revitalization of the square at Zielona Street 19 in Oksywie district' ('Projekt "Urządzenie skweru dzielnicowego przy ul. Zielonej 19" na Oksywiu'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
2. Gdynia City Council, Projects to be implemented: participatory budget of Gdynia 2014, Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
3. Monitoring of the project's implementation, 'Project: Revitalization of the square at Zielona Street 19 in Oksywie district' ('Projekt "Urządzenie skweru dzielnicowego przy ul. Zielonej 19" na Oksywiu'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
4. Rusak, M. (2018). Sąsiedzkie grillowanie na skwerze przy ulicy Zielonej (Community barbecue on the square by the Zielona Street). Gdynia Moje Miasto. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
2. Gdynia City Council, Projects to be implemented: participatory budget of Gdynia 2014, Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
3. Monitoring of the project's implementation, 'Project: Revitalization of the square at Zielona Street 19 in Oksywie district' ('Projekt "Urządzenie skweru dzielnicowego przy ul. Zielonej 19" na Oksywiu'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
4. Rusak, M. (2018). Sąsiedzkie grillowanie na skwerze przy ulicy Zielonej (Community barbecue on the square by the Zielona Street). Gdynia Moje Miasto. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
Zielona Street Square project in Gdynia
Source: https://www.facebook.com/skwernaOksywiu/about/?ref=page_internal
Zielona Street Square project in Gdynia (2018)
Source: https://www.gdynia.pl/spoleczenstwo,7580/sasiedzkie-grillowanie-na-skwerze-przy-ulicy-zielonej,528913