Neighborhood Management in Berlin - Quartiersmanagement Berlin
Neighborhood Management in Berlin - Quartiersmanagement Berlin
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Brunnenstraße<br />
<strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
Brunnenviertel / Brunnenstrasse<br />
Sw<strong>in</strong>emünder Strasse 64<br />
13355 Berl<strong>in</strong><br />
Phone: +49 (0)30-46069450<br />
qm-brunnenstrasse@list-gmbh.de<br />
www.brunnenviertel-brunnenstrasse.de<br />
Implement<strong>in</strong>g partner: L.I.S.T. GmbH Lösungen im<br />
Stadtteil – Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft<br />
The neighborhood ma<strong>in</strong>ly consists of social<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g settlements from the 1970‘s and<br />
1980‘s. Centrally located, the residential area is<br />
well connected to the public transport system<br />
and with its ample public green spaces and<br />
e�ective tra�c calm<strong>in</strong>g the neighborhood<br />
generally an attractive place to live <strong>in</strong>, especially<br />
for young families.<br />
Nevertheless, the neighborhood is separated<br />
from the surround<strong>in</strong>g areas through spatial<br />
barriers and has no perceptible center. The<br />
people liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> this area report negative developments,<br />
such as <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g social segregation,<br />
security and hygiene related issues and<br />
poor communication among neighbors.<br />
A total of 45% of the population depend on<br />
state aid; more than double the average rate<br />
<strong>in</strong> Berl<strong>in</strong>. Young people with various school<br />
and educational problems, particularly related<br />
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© NM Brunnenstraße<br />
The <strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong> area “Brunnenstrasse“ is part of the <strong>in</strong>tra-urban district “Mitte“ and is bordered by the railway l<strong>in</strong>e to<br />
the north, the “Mauerpark“ and the former freight station Eberswalder Strasse to the east, Bernauer Strasse to the south and the Brunnenstrasse<br />
and the adjo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g “Volkspark Humboldtha<strong>in</strong>“ to the west.<br />
to language, are most a�ected by unemployment.<br />
The proportion of pupils with non-German<br />
orig<strong>in</strong> is at 85%.<br />
The majority of long-term residents feels<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly responsible for the “Kiez“. It<br />
has also been recognized that an <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
number of young families and college<br />
students move <strong>in</strong>to the area.<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce the demarcation of the area, a total of<br />
Euro 2,000,000 was approved <strong>in</strong> fund<strong>in</strong>g, out<br />
of which approximately Euro 650,000 was earmarked<br />
for construction projects.<br />
Selection of projects carried out to date<br />
Based on a bottom-up approach, multiplier-effects<br />
and a “snowball system“, “the project WIB<br />
- Wir im Brunnenviertel“ (We <strong>in</strong> the Brunnen-