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Legacy sites and contaminated buildings are hampering property development. A funding program from the Free State and the EU will remedy the situation. In July Bavarias Minister of Construction Christian Bernreiter launched a project call for cities markets and communities. Now he has announced the result of the selection process. Bernreiter The response to our funding offer shows that many municipalities need support with the cost-intensive renovation of derelict land and buildings. Im excited that we can help unlock land resources and make our cities greener and healthier.29 cities markets and municipalities responded to the project call from the Ministry of Construction and submitted 32 project proposals. The following projects corresponded best to the program requirements of the European Union and were recommended for fundingCity of Regensburg Clearing and revitalization of part of the former Prinz Leopold BarracksCoburg hospital association Clearing of a building site on the former BGS siteCity of Nuremberg Clean-up of the rotunda torso of the congress hall on the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds in preparation for subsequent cultural useCity of Roth Revitalization of the LEONI site and development of a new city districtCity of Schweinfurt Revitalization of Hall 237City of Volkach Desealing renaturation and redesign of the mainlandCity of Augsburg Demolition of the building and remediation of contaminated sites for the new construction of the equipment house for the Haunstetten volunteer fire brigadeCity of Neu-Ulm Preparation of a fallow conversion area for a higher-quality new developmentEight other municipalities are given the opportunity to put their project proposals into concrete terms and after a new assessment to be included in the program. A total of 30 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund ERDF are available for the projects.All municipalities that took part in the expression of interest procedure will be informed in writing. Further information on the current ERDF funding period is available at www.eu-staedtebaufoerderung.bayern.de and www.efre-bayern.de .Preparing military wasteland for new uses is a long and costly task for communities. The same applies to brownfields that have arisen as a result of structural change in the textile ceramics or glass industries. Immense costs are often incurred because there are pollutants in the soil or in the building fabric. Spending money on this is particularly painful for the municipalities because in the best-case scenario there is nothing left to see afterwards emphasizes Bernreiter. Our funding program is a real boost for the creation of urgently needed living space and for investments in the common good says the minister happily. Because this allows areas to be developed that had no future for a long time due to pollution. The communities gain space for living for culture for health care and even for the fire brigadeIn addition to the redevelopment of fallow land a second priority of the program is to decontaminate historical buildings and thus make them usable again. Bernreiter There are buildings that are not only polluted by pollutants but also by history. An example of this is the circular torso of the congress hall on the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. Thanks to our funding the city of Nuremberg is getting a little closer to its goal of using the gray energy stored in the monumental building mass.Several municipalities would like to take up the principles of the New European Bauhaus with their projects. Bernreiter praises It is important and far-sighted to think beyond the mere removal of pollutants. Holistic urban development always aims for broad social participation and exemplary aesthetic design. We reward projects in which this is implemented in a particularly exemplary manner with a funding bonus of 10 percent.
