After 1.5 intensive years, it is with a heavy heart that we have to stop our efforts. Unfortunately, our attempt to acquire the area jointly through a cooperative supported by the users was unsuccessful. The area has with the cdw foundation A new owner since summer 2023. Unfortunately, the subsequent discussions with the foundation about renting part of the area by our alliance did not lead to the desired result. Unfortunately, the core components of our concept idea could not be reconciled with the ideas of the cdw Foundation. We are now drawing conclusions and dissolving the alliance.

We will use the next few weeks to reflect on the process and to self-critically process our own contributions and our failures.
We would like to thank everyone who actively participated in the alliance with a lot of commitment or supported us in developing the vision of a self-managed cultural venue in Kassel and making it a reality. We wish those initiatives who, as individual actors, want to rent space on the WH22 area good luck and hope that the WH22 area will develop into an exciting place for Kassel with a different conceptual focus.
For the numerous actors who will unfortunately not be able to find space on the site, the search for space now begins again. The need for opportunities for cultural and social participation and spaces remains acute. Even if we were unable to implement our vision in WH22, we remain convinced that new approaches are needed to create open and low-threshold accessible spaces and to maintain them in the long term: Oriented towards the common good, developed cooperatively & supported by many: for the benefit of many Many.

More about this in our press release from November 27th, 2023:

Der Beitrag Bündnis „WH22 von Vielen für Viele“ löst sich auf erschien zuerst auf WH22 von Vielen für Viele.