Residential Care Vision

Our take on living, Health and a healthy neighborhood where everyone belongs.

The Kerkrade of the future

A good community is very important for all of us. Residents play a very important role in it. They make their neighborhood what it is.

In Kerkrade, we all work together to create neighborhoods and districts that are pleasant to live in. An environment where residents feel at home. And where they feel safe. Where everyone can participate. Neighborhoods where people look out for each other, help each other, care for each other and are there for each other. Where neighbors can easily meet each other.

We are working for the future of Kerkrade. On enough affordable and suitable housing. So that every neighborhood has room for people of different ages and backgrounds.

We work for safety and good Health and help for everyone who needs it. And for socially and economically strong neighborhoods. And we think about the environment in everything we do. So that Kerkrade remains a nice town to live in the future. We call this our residential vision.

We cannot do this alone. That is why we ask all residents to also think of and do things themselves in their neighborhoods. To work together with neighbors. To help each other to become more independent and to make their own choices. And to listen to each other and have an eye for what others need.

The future of Kerkrade we make together!

Here we are working on...

Facilities

Amenities are all the things you can use in the neighborhood and in the city. For example, stores, community centers, the hairdresser, playing fields....

Good facilities that make for a better neighborhood where neighbors know each other.
Amenities are no more than a 15-minute drive away from the neighborhood.
Facilities that make meeting in the neighborhood easy.
Facilities for all

Social cohesion

Coherence in the neighborhood or district as a starting point
Strengthening sense of community
A community with place for young and old, rich and poor, healthy and sick
Strong neighborhood social networks with a local approach to requests for help

Economic resilience

Increase broad prosperity centered on health, living, working and livelihood security
Durable solutions instead of band-aids on wounds
Broad view and approach to well-being

Process of working together

A neighborhood approach
Residents engaged and participating
Together from equality
Collaboration of municipality, housing, Health and welfare organizations and residents

Safety

Social security
Physical security
Sense of safety in the neighborhood

Sustainability

Livable for current and future generations
Sustainable and affordable construction and infrastructure
Green and healthy environment
Socially connected and engaged

Living

Diversity in the neighborhood
Broad social mix with owner-occupied, rental and social housing
Affordable living
Sustainable and adaptable living
New residential concepts
Multi-generational living

Health and wellness

Preventing the need for Health
From 'caring for' to 'caring that'
Strengthening healthy lifestyle
Appropriate support and empowerment
Supporting informal care
Positive health
Appropriate and people-centered Health

And this is how we are going to do it

We are going to work hard on the future of Kerkrade over the next few years. Here's how we're going to do it.

Completed: We create a Future Vision for Housing, Welfare and Health Parkstad Limburg
This plan details how the municipalities in Park City will ensure livable neighborhoods where everyone has a place.
Currently underway: We are creating an implementation plan for Kerkrade
This plan outlines how the municipality of Kerkrade is implementing the ideas from the Vision of the Future.
Currently underway: We are embarking on projects for Living and Health
The Future Vision includes several projects in Kerkrade's neighborhoods and districts.