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Initiative title

Small but mega useful

Full initiative Title

A small building closes a major infrastructure gap

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.

The small building closed to the parking ground and the doctor's ordination will offer a wide range of infrastructure for the inhabitants, the patients, the guests, the tourists, the cyclists. They will find a public toilet, an ATM, a small shop for local agriculture products, a snack and drink automat, a shady space for recovery, an information tool about the community, a service station for cycles, a water station, a book change-station and a Bulletin board used as an analogue exchange.

Where is your initiative being developed or/and implemented?

Austria

If relevant, please indicate the address of the initiative

Reingers 81
3863 Reingers
Lower Austria

Please indicate the current stage of development of your concept

Early initiative

Has an infrastructure element or public space been identified?

Yes

Has political support for the project been secured?

Yes

Is there a commitment (current or future) to involve partners, end users, and other relevant stakeholders through a participatory or co-creation approach?

Yes

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?

Please select the main municipality submitting the application: Applicants must pick only one option.

30929: Reingers (AT)

Please select all associated authorities if relevant

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Please provide a summary of your initiative, outlining the overall aim, target group(s), specific objective(s) and expected outcomes.

Overall aim: An offer for the inhabitants, patients, guests, tourists cyclists and walkers (they are our target groups) because there is no infrastructure yet which can be offered through the small building in the centre of Reingers. In our region, these offers are not self-evident. Our aim was to build up a really small building with using an already sealed place. We will re-use the rain-water, we will create the essential energy from photovoltaic and we will spend shadow to all users, because now the place is situated in the south without any protection from the sun. Everyone, especially people with limitation can use the building. We don't have a public place in the middle of the village there people could meet each other to stay together and feel well. The new building would allow that. So the community can meet herself, drink a cup of coffee together and stay in contact.That's important in a village there doesn't exist a pub or a local supplier.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.

sustainability

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words

inclusion

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words

infrastructure

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words

worth living

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words

lighthouse

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been or are being met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context

1. Store rainwater: The rainwater wouldn't derived immediately. Furthermore it will be used for the toilets. The not essential water for the toilets will be used to pour the plants and trees around the building.
2. We will save the emission of greenhouse gases because people can buy things in the village and need not start their cars. If so, we can also offer a Charging station for their vehicles (cars or cycles). Additionally the Parcel services need not drive to each single house for the delivery. Instead of this, there is one station near the building where all the parcels can be deposited.
3. The local farmers will benefit a lot because they get a room where they can offer all their products directly to the consuments which means the highest profitability. In best case they sell biological produced products.
4. An important thing is also the society. People in the village can't meet each other, because the last pub closed 2 years ago. With the building they get back a place where they can meet each other in the shadow, drink a cup of coffee or mineral water and can talk about God and the world and plan common activities.

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design and cultural benefits) and how these have been or are being met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context

The builiding have the chance to be the first one with a green-planted roof. For the walls and the insulation we will use renewable raw materials. We are the hemp-village in Austria, for this reason we will take hemp for the insulation.The building will inspire the visitors which wonderful things can be built up with renewable raw materials.

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been or are being met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context

The building will be fully barrier-free useable. Of course the toilets are barrier-free, but also the small shop for local agricultural products, as well the digital info board and the automats for drinks and snacks. The non restricted part of the population will recognise how comfortable barrier-free can be also for the non restriced people.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been or are being involved in the initiative and what is the impact of this involvement on the initiative. Please describe their role and level of involvement

The civil society has the chance to take part in planning and building. The local farmers will design their salesroom themselves. All inhabitants will be invited to make suggestions for the design of the building.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) have been or are being engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative. Please describe their role and level of involvement. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was or is expected

local stakeholders: are fully engaged, can make suggestions for the construction, can lend a hand during the implementation, can offer their goods for the construction. These points are also guilty for the stakeholders in the region, from our side also gladly for stakeholders in the nation an in the European Union.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields have been or are being reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted or are interacting with each other, and what the added value of this process was or is expected

These disciplines and knowledge fields are necessary:
builidung planner, builder, electrician, installer, solateur, Insulation specialist, IT-specialist for digital information board, Sealing specialist for the roof,marketing specialist for communication the new offer to the public.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative

In comparison to mainstream actions, there must be mentioned the following fields:
* a planted roof is outstanding in the whole region
* Rainwater harvesting is not spread in the region
* The number of offers in the smallest thinkable space is also outstanding.
* using a sealed area instead of additional green space
* Meeting point for different target groups (i.e. patients from the doctor, parents of the childs in the small kindergarden, camper (we count more than 4000 camper a year), cyclists, walker, buyers, people who are interested in information and talks with neighbours or other people, participants in mourning ceremonies

Please describe the methodology or approach used or being used in your initiative.

We use a grassroots democratic methodology in all our decisions which exceed the normal meaning and require higher financial ressources.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.

In my opinion all elements of our initiative are able to be replicated or transferred to other villages, regions and places.

Please describe the activities planned for the further development and implementation of your initiative, and how the NEB values and working principles have been incorporated so far. Additionally describe what are the expected key steps to implement the initiative according to the NEB values and principle.

The sustainability of the project was described a few boxes before, also the description of inclusion. The place where the building is planned will benefit a lot because now it is a useless paved area. In future you will find there a wooden building with a green planted roof! I mentioned already that all interested parties are invited to adress their inputs during the planning process and during the Implementation phase. The expected key steps are:
1. Planning Phase
2. Permission Phase through local and regional authorities
3. Financing Phase: Budgeting
4. Implementation Phase
5. Final Phase with Opening-Event

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