Think tank and new forms of work: District promotes urban laboratory

The district is supporting the development and establishment of an urban laboratory with coworking spaces with up to 30,000 euros as part of the "Starke Heimat Hessen" programme. District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst handed over the corresponding funding notification at a meeting on site.

"With the support we want to promote the think tank and new forms of work," says District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst. "There is no resistance here, only open doors." The laboratory character is at the forefront of the project: ideas, but also problems, are to be worked on together as a team. The urban laboratory provides support and offers space for further development. To live out creativity, to use synergies, to work flexibly - and thus to experience new working worlds are essential goals. In particular, the principle of chance encounters, from which good collaborations can arise, is in the foreground.

The funding is intended to help provide the infrastructure so that more people can work from locally. In this way, the district town of Korbach and the district hope, among other things, not only that different user groups will be brought together, but above all that more people will stay in the rural area and have to commute less. Since the city laboratory is to be clearly oriented towards participation processes, new synergies can emerge.

"With the project, we want to create modern work opportunities for freelancers, small start-ups, business travellers or other professionals in the district who do not have their own office space on site themselves," is how District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst explains the project. "The modern offer creates optimal opportunities for the target group to work well while mobile." This way, actors would not only find more flexible working conditions, but would also be able to benefit from networking with each other.

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