Kick-off Open citizen participation B14

October 2025

On Friday evening, the kick-off event for the B14 Open Citizen Participation initiative took place at the StadtPalais Stuttgart. The focus was on questions such as how we want to use newly acquired spaces, what is needed to make everyone feel comfortable, and how we can tackle this opportunity together.
In addition to speeches by Mayor Peter Pätzold and others, and a presentation by Prof. Steffen de Rudder from the Bauhaus University Weimar, Cem Arat, Markus Weismann, and Jochen Koeber presented the current state of planning. Afterwards, attendees had the opportunity to interact with our nine-meter-long model and talk to numerous experts to learn more and discuss the project.

In the run-up to the public event, selected citizens (e.g., residents) were also involved. The citizen participation process was designed by Planbar Hochdrei. Two further open citizen participation events will take place before the framework plan is finalized.

Many thanks to the numerous visitors and for the exciting discussions and stimulating conversations in the evening!