Communal kitchens, neighbourhood gardens and induction-cooking workshops: places where residents build skills and get to know each other. The Transform method calculates €500 in annual costs per household and around €750 in societal benefits; across an average district of 2,500 households that adds up to €580,000 in value against €380,000 in costs per model neighbourhood.
Stronger cohesion cuts vandalism and neglect costs, communal spaces develop talent and widen opportunity. The natural partner of community provisions and a low-traffic, green street. Source: Transform Zuid-Holland.