Closer to the community

It is not only the needles and syringes lying about after use that deprive the area around the “Pentagon” of its quality of living. In other respects too nobody seems to care. For example, nobody really bothers about the actually beautiful green space at the heart of building’s U-form. The city council is not in charge; the “Pentagon” is private, not public space. It was finally the drug users themselves, encouraged by Odyseus, who started making an effort to tidy up and get the surroundings clean. Closer to the community lends substance and continuity to this endeavour. An innovative intervention. City politics has become interested. Hopefully the inhabitants‘ trust can be conquered next.