Reggio Emilia - a local framework pact for the requalification of the railway station zone - Reggio

The railway station area in Reggio Emilia was originally conceived as an upper-middle class residential neighbourhood. The bankruptcy of the building firm, as well as the dynamics typical of a railway station zone and the significant migration wave experienced by the city during the 2000s, has brought to a situation that has been described as “a banlieu in the old town centre” (2008). The area covers 3 districts, around 30 streets and 4000 inhabitants, 59% of which were migrants, outstanding percentage if compared to the city average (18,4%). The area was becoming more and more an enclave, an otherness removed from the rest of the city.

2007: "Cohabiting in the station zone "
This project deployed by the city administration brought to the writing and signing of the” Local Framework Pact for cohabiting, following rules and taking responsibilities” between local administration, citizens, unions, Cooperation agents, NGOs and committees. Around 200 people took part to this phase.