Inspiring public spaces in Brno
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Giving citizens confidence to run for local office & supporting social enterprises hit by the pandemic crisis
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Community projects are growing like mushrooms in South Bohemia
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Via Foundation is helping people preserve natural landscape character
“Our Landscape” is a new thematic area at Via Foundation that builds on our earlier support of projects that have a positive impact on the environment, help retain water in the landscape or preserve or re-introduce the natural landscape character of a given area. In all of these projects, we strive to support community engagement –…
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Citizens debate the future of a 100-year-old linden and horse chestnut allée
The municipal leadership in České Velenice, a small town in South Bohemia on the Czech-Austrian border, commissioned an urban development plan. The plan includes restoration of a 100-year-old allée (i.e., formal row) of trees, which means, in reality, chopping down over 300 mature trees. Should the allée be felled to fulfill the town development vision,…
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Preserving town character
Our Living Communities program includes a “Fast Grants” section, where people can apply for quick funding to address urgent community issues. Groups of neighbors and associations are engaging in discussions about the future of their communities in various parts of the Czech Republic, as the cases below show. Some are saving places from demolition just…
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Towns in bloom: Living Communities projects preserving vegetation and revitalizing parks
Before long, spring will turn into summer and we’ll be thankful to find shade under mature trees. Even now, some of our grantees are enhancing their communities with plantings. Preservation of urban vegetation and revitalization of parks as community places are two key themes in the new Living Communities projects, recently supported through the generosity…