Neighborhood Management in Berlin - Quartiersmanagement Berlin
Neighborhood Management in Berlin - Quartiersmanagement Berlin
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Letteplatz<br />
<strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
Letteplatz<br />
Mickestrasse 14<br />
13409 Berl<strong>in</strong><br />
Phone: +49 (0)30-49987089-0<br />
team@qm-letteplatz.de<br />
www.qm-letteplatz.de<br />
Implement<strong>in</strong>g partner: Mieterberatung Prenzlauer Berg<br />
GmbH<br />
Approximately 18% of the roughly 10,000 people<br />
live here on a foreign passport; 29% receive<br />
state aid and about 9% of the residents -<br />
which translates <strong>in</strong>to an unemployment rate of<br />
roundabout 18% - are jobless.<br />
Due to the observed change <strong>in</strong> the social situation,<br />
the neighborhood was <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the<br />
program “Socially Integrative City“ as a prevention<br />
area. The <strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
team commenced its work <strong>in</strong> June 2009.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the �nd<strong>in</strong>gs of a school-based<br />
survey, the neighborhood is among the critical<br />
areas under monitor<strong>in</strong>g. Network<strong>in</strong>g and cooperation<br />
among social <strong>in</strong>stitutions, schools<br />
and community facilities is currently underperform<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Through qualify<strong>in</strong>g the services provided<br />
and network<strong>in</strong>g among the partici-<br />
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© NM Letteplatz<br />
The <strong>Neighborhood</strong> “Letteplatz“ is a heterogeneous Wilhelm<strong>in</strong>ian-style residential area with some build<strong>in</strong>gs from the 1950‘s and 1960‘s <strong>in</strong><br />
the district of Re<strong>in</strong>ickendorf. It is bordered <strong>in</strong> the north by the Mittelbruchzeile, <strong>in</strong> the east by the Prov<strong>in</strong>zstrasse, <strong>in</strong> the north by the Ritterlandweg<br />
and <strong>in</strong> the south by the Marktstrasse and the “Schäfersee“ lake.<br />
pat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitutions, a wider impact on<br />
education and services of public <strong>in</strong>terest<br />
is expected.<br />
Selection of projects carried out to date<br />
“Lette 09 +“<br />
The “Association Lette 09“, consist<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
<strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Letteplatz, the<br />
youth center LUKE and the Children‘s Recreational<br />
Center Pankower Allee, o�ered a range of<br />
activities on the “Letteplatz“ square with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
scope of the project “Lette 09+“ between June<br />
and September 2009. The project enabled the<br />
residents to use the Letteplatz <strong>in</strong> a familyfriendly<br />
way, with no fear of threaten<strong>in</strong>g situations.<br />
Interest was raised among children and<br />
youths for the other facilities o�ered by the<br />
aforementioned organizations, whereas responsible<br />
social behavior was strengthened