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On hot summer days, trees provide shade and cooling. However, the densely built-up city does not offer space for this everywhere.

When creating green spaces, the city of Offenbach am Main, like other municipalities, uses mulch layers to protect the plants and the soil.

Shade and cooling, meeting place and communication area: the "Green Room" on the market square is just one of various measures for the climate-positive design of the city center.

The roofs at the stops on Eibenweg, Seniorenzentrum Ost and Schönbornstraße have already been greened. The green roof is currently being installed at the bus stop at the hospital.

Which plants can cope with hot summers and how can maintenance be reduced? At the same time, the plants should provide food for insects. Tests are being carried out on Mühlheimer Strasse.

In the coming months, a new small neighborhood meeting point will be created at the Kurze Straße pedestrian underpass.

In order to preserve green and open spaces for sport, exercise and experiencing nature, but also to create new ones, the open space development program is to become an integral part of urban development.