Katu Mayors There are already 10-20 neighbourhood trusts around Helsinki, each of which was created with the help of a small seed fund from the city. Katu Mayors live in the neighbourhood and are elected by their peers. The Katu Mayors participate in city-level planning decisions relevant to the neighbourhood and ensure that the voices of the residents and local businesses are well represented, breathing diversity into the city. By assigning a mayor for streets and areas, they can be developed and densified over time and through experience. Streets now have more distinct personalities. The champions and local trustees are supported by grants and permits which allow them to manage the environment, services and facilities in the area in co-operation with the residents and business owners.

Katu Mayors

There are already 10-20 neighbourhood trusts around Helsinki, each of which was created with the help of a small seed fund from the city. Katu Mayors live in the neighbourhood and are elected by their peers. The Katu Mayors participate in city-level planning decisions relevant to the neighbourhood and ensure that the voices of the residents and local businesses are well represented, breathing diversity into the city. By assigning a mayor for streets and areas, they can be developed and densified over time and through experience. Streets now have more distinct personalities.

The champions and local trustees are supported by grants and permits which allow them to manage the environment, services and facilities in the area in co-operation with the residents and business owners.

Katu Mayors There are already 10-20 neighbourhood trusts around Helsinki, each of which was created with the help of a small seed fund from the city. Katu Mayors live in the neighbourhood and are elected by their peers. The Katu Mayors participate in city-level planning decisions relevant to the neighbourhood and ensure that the voices of the residents and local businesses are well represented, breathing diversity into the city. By assigning a mayor for streets and areas, they can be developed and densified over time and through experience. Streets now have more distinct personalities. The champions and local trustees are supported by grants and permits which allow them to manage the environment, services and facilities in the area in co-operation with the residents and business owners.

Katu Mayors

There are already 10-20 neighbourhood trusts around Helsinki, each of which was created with the help of a small seed fund from the city. Katu Mayors live in the neighbourhood and are elected by their peers. The Katu Mayors participate in city-level planning decisions relevant to the neighbourhood and ensure that the voices of the residents and local businesses are well represented, breathing diversity into the city. By assigning a mayor for streets and areas, they can be developed and densified over time and through experience. Streets now have more distinct personalities.

The champions and local trustees are supported by grants and permits which allow them to manage the environment, services and facilities in the area in co-operation with the residents and business owners.

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Hello from Helsinki 2012!

This site features a collection of postcards from the future with clues to an open and happier Helsinki.

As a collaboration between Sitra and OK Do, Clues to Open Helsinki project suggests strategic changes that might make Helsinki the best World Design Capital to date. In doing so it redefines the role of design in the contemporary city.