Building the identity of a quarter through inclusion of a local communityTabor is a small quarter in Ljubljana that lies between the old town and the central train station. In the past, Tabor was an industrial suburb with a strong local identity. Since Slovenia's independence, due to different reasons, this identity gradually dissolved. The survey results that we carried out in 2009 showed that Tabor residents don't consider themselves "Taborjani" any longer, but they did miss greenery and parks, even with the presence of Tabor park in the center of the neighbourhood.
ProstoRoz wanted to re-establish Tabor's identity. In the spring of 2010 they started to carry out activities on multiple fields in Tabor park, and in august that year set up a Map of Wishes during the Young Lions festival. Through that project, they received around 200 proposals and wishes for the neighbourhood, out of which the following projects emerged: Cufarjeva street, Tabor children's playground, Kolodvorska children's playground, Museum platform playground, Neighbour's Day, Mobile kitchen Taborjanka, Optimisti, and Trubarjeva road.
The intertwining of these projects with the activities of Bunker Institute, Metelkova City, Museum platform and other members of Tabor quarter created a new identity of the quarter; Tabor became a cultural quarter. The project resonated in the Slovenian environment as a best practice example of resident inclusion into sustainability strategies and is as such an encouragement to other similar initiatives.