Kick-off for the integrative event series "Take a seat"

To kick off the event series "Take a seat and arrive! - Meet your neighbors", the four neighbourhood management teams in Offenbach literally invited passers-by in the Ring Center shopping mall to take a seat and get creative in a participatory workshop on Wednesday, 5 November. Under the guidance of a professional graphic designer, drafts and ideas were collected for a suitable logo that will serve as a recognizable symbol for the event series in future.

Curious participants were able to learn how advertising works on a crown cap, how shapes and colors work and what a meaningful symbol means during a short introduction to the topic. They then grabbed scissors, glue and pens to create new ideas from a colorful selection of inspirations they had brought with them. The results were impressive and were presented on a display board at the end.

"Nimm Platz" is aimed at new arrivals in Offenbach and is intended to provide support and guidance for questions about arriving in a foreign city. Over the next few months, temporary meeting places will be created in public spaces where newcomers and locals can meet and interact on an equal footing. The idea is for people from the neighborhood to support each other so that new arrivals feel at home in their new place of residence more quickly and it is easier for them to settle in.

The project is funded by Stiftung Mercator and ILS Research gGmbh and is part of the Difu project "Strengthening participation in 'new' arrival neighborhoods".

Neighborhood management is a service offered by the City of Offenbach for residents of the four districts Lauterborn, Mathildenviertel, Nordend and Südliche Innenstadt/Senefelderquartier. Further information can be found at: www.offenbach.de/quartiersmanagement.

Information can be obtained from the Nordend Neighborhood Management on 069 / 255 737 31 or by e-mail at infonordend.quartier-offenbachde the Lauterborn Neighborhood Management on 069 / 830 057 85 or by e-mail at infolauterborn.quartier-offenbachde the Mathildenviertel Neighborhood Management on 069 / 850 936 23 or by e-mail at infomathildenviertel.quartier-offenbachde and the Senefelderquartier Neighborhood Management on 069 / 661 661 94 or by e-mail at infosenefelder.quartier-offenbachde

Picture information:

Visitors to the Ring Center at the workshop.

The results were presented.

Photos: Neighborhood management Mathildenviertel