{"id":42231,"date":"2025-08-08T00:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greencitysolutions.de\/?p=42231"},"modified":"2025-08-08T00:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:38:25","slug":"nrw-practice-day-for-urban-and-district-stakeholders-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greencitysolutions.de\/en\/nrw-practice-day-for-urban-and-district-stakeholders-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NRW Practice Day for Urban and District Stakeholders 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTake action. Connect. Experiment. Think ahead.\u201d <\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

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At the end of June, the NRW Practice Day for Urban and District Stakeholders<\/strong> (NRW-Praxistag der Stadt- und Quartiersakteure<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) took place in Recklinghausen \u2013 an event that put the future of our city centers<\/strong> in the spotlight. Last Friday, the new issue of the Handelsverband NRW<\/em><\/strong><\/a> magazine \u201cNRW handelt<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201d was published, reporting how, under the motto \u201c(Re)Activating Communities\u201d<\/strong>, around 120 participants from city marketing, retail, administration, and volunteer organizations came together to discuss new ways to create vibrant, sustainable urban centers. Our team member Patrick Sch\u00fclke was also on site, contributing innovative impulses for urban climate adaptation.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Community as the Key to the City Center of the Future<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Handelsverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. has reinvented the \u201cformer Erfa meeting of location and promotional associations\u201d<\/a> and, with the NRW Practice Day, created a format that met with enormous demand, as reported in the August issue<\/em><\/strong><\/a> of the Handelsverband NRW\u2019s e-magazine \u201cNRW handelt<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The importance of strong networks and strategic partnerships<\/strong> for the attractiveness and quality of stay in our city centers became clear in the discussions and exchanges among participants.<\/p>\n

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The insight, not only from CIMA<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: \u201ePromotional associations make an indispensable contribution to #attractiveness, #identity, and #qualityofstay in our city centers and local districts through their on-site activities.
\nWithout them, there would be no shopping Sundays, summer festivals, or atmospheric winter lighting.\u201c<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>

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Photo: Handelsverband NRW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The challenges \u2013 from the decline in volunteer work within promotional associations, rising costs and requirements for events, to structural changes in city centers and districts, as well as changing consumer behavior and a strong online orientation<\/a> \u2013 are significant. Yet, the willingness to \u201cTake action. Connect. Experiment. Think ahead.\u201d<\/a> was clearly present, as CIMA Beratung + Management<\/em><\/strong><\/a> summarized on LinkedIn<\/em><\/strong><\/a> .<\/p>\n

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\u201eThe future of the city center does not begin someday. It begins with people who take action, connect, experiment, and think ahead” <\/em><\/a>, said Rainer Gallus, Managing Director of Handelsverband NRW and organizer of the Practice Day, as quoted in NRW handelt<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. \u201eNetworks were not only recommended, but actively lived.”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>

Key topics included:<\/a><\/p>\n