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Hajnówka is among 7 medium-sized cities in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, losing their socio-economic functions in the following areas: economic control, industrial, tourist, commercial, culture, access to higher education and the risk of depopulation.
The new Hajnówka Development Path will change the image of the city, its managers and residents. Development tasks are implemented through 4 directions::
• New Spatial Order - New Center of Hajnówka,
• Make a business in Hajnówka - Diversification of business activities based on local resources and products:
• Green transformation - environment and climate not only in the Białowieża Forest
• Integration and identity for a strong community
Main design assumptions: counteracting depopulation, raising the standard of living of the city''s inhabitant, fostering the improvement of dialogue between the municipal government and its inhabitants, responding to their needs to a greater extent.
The result of the project implementation will be the creation of incentives stimulating socio-economic development based on the main potentials of the city: natural, related to the immediate vicinity of the Białowieża Forest as a UNESCO site and related to cultural heritage, local products and local authenticity. The activation of residents, leaders of social organizations and entrepreneurs in the process of implementing the New Development Path is expected, as well as the creation of new jobs, a new educational offer for secondary and primary school students, new functions will be assumed by public spaces and places for rest and recreation. Another effect of the project implementation will be the improvement of the work of the City Hall.
The partnership in the project assumes sharing experience and knowledge as well as mutual learning how to introduce changes in the city in order to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants.