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CREATIVE SPACE DEVELOPMENT IN CESIS

Dita Trapenciere

Cesis municipality

Development planning department

Vidzeme planning region Between 2 main highroads

Riga – Pskov (Russia) Riga – Valka – St. Petersburg

Railroad Rīga – Valga (Estonia) Priekuli airplane landing field Distances:

Cēsis

• Riga

87 km Cēsis – Valmiera 31 km Cēsis – Russia border 193 km

Location

Facts

• Cesis city was founded in 1206
• Territory –

19,280 km2

• Number of inhabitants -

18 500

• About 83% of inhabitants are

Latvians

• Gauja National

park

• High education level

City environment

Art, culture, architecture heritage

• 29 national
• 129 local

Cultural historical heritage

Entrepreneurship

• In 2007 –

1933 registered enterprises in Cesis (600 economically active)

• Unemployment rate
• The highest land prise in Vidzeme
• Economic sectors in Cesis:

39% trade and wholesale 11% consumer service 10% producing 8% building 8% transport 6% real estate operating 3% hotels and restaurants 15% other

Main aims:

• to develop Cesis economy
• to rise an understanding about heritage
• to make livable public space

Creativity as a tool

Cultural maping

• Education
• Institutions
• Objects
• Enterprises
• Organisations
• Events

• Territory

– 3,14 km2

• National

heritage

• Ownership

– 90% to 10%

• Inhabitants

~ 560

• Enterprises

~ 150

Old town

• Programs

Vidzeme centrer for Innovation and enterpreneurship

• strategy
• educational

programms (creativity, entrpreneurship)

• Infrastructure

Multifunctional culture centre Vidzeme center for history and tourism

• Discussions
• European

Cultural Capital

• 2014

Projects

• Knowledge
• Critical

mass

Obstacles

Dita Trapenciere dita.trapenciere@dome.cesi.lv www.cesis.lv