Refurbishing pieces of Zoetermeer

Some places in Zoetermeer could use a makeover. For example, a wall with old paint, a bench, a strange parking space or an ugly corner. 

Do you want your neighborhood to be more beautiful, safer and greener? And do you have a good idea to renovate a place? Let us know what you want to change and how you want to do it. With a small change you can already make a big difference!

Attention! Do you see something that is broken or needs to be cleaned up? For example, a hole in the road, damage to street lighting or traffic signs, broken branches, fallen trees, broken playground equipment or unsafe traffic situations? Then report it for free via Melding woon- en woonomgeving .

How do we choose the best ideas?

A team of experts looks at all the ideas. They look at 6 things per idea:

  1. Attraction
    Does your idea make the environment look nice, making it a nice place to live?
     
  2. Safety
    Does your idea ensure that the area is safe and easily accessible, with enough roads and good lighting?
     
  3. Accessibility
    Does your idea ensure that a place is accessible to everyone, regardless of age or disability?
     
  4. Health
    Does your idea ensure that residents can live an active and healthy life?
     
  5. Involvement
    Does your idea bring people together to meet and do things?
     
  6. Sustainability
    Does your idea make the environment more sustainable? For example, are sustainable materials and techniques used?

We give each idea a grade for these 6 things (values). A high grade, a basic grade or a low grade. The higher the grade, the better (more valuable) the idea.

We will make €50,000 available for this project every year until 2026. We will reserve an amount of approximately €4,000 per idea. If we receive more good ideas than we can pay, we will choose the ideas with the highest scores.

What to do?

  1. First look at the map and see what ideas have already been submitted. 
  2. Is your idea already on the map? Then you don't have to submit the same idea. You can follow the status of the idea via the map. 
  3. Is your idea not yet on the map? Then submit your idea via the form: Renovating a part of Zoetermeer .   

How long will it take?

We will review all ideas submitted within 4 to 6 weeks.