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  1. Hi, I'm Bill.
  2. Um and I'm here to introduce you the way the
  3. city of Bari adopted the good practice of the common
  4. network. Nobody is a small city in Finland of about
  5. 85,000 people at the periphery of Europe and at the
  6. periphery of pori in the story, we have our target
  7. area comprising of two suburbs of Shambhala and vanilla And
  8. right next to them uh copper factory, built in the
  9. 1930s, in an industrial area.
  10. And at the center of these three areas snuggled in
  11. there, we have a urban green area housing and old
  12. shortwave radio station that was built for the olympics before
  13. World War Two.
  14. And after World War Two, it became to showcase the
  15. pinnacle of technology, a media technology of its time with
  16. a global reach.
  17. In an age before the Internet, shortwave transmissions going everywhere
  18. in the world and and resonating in the pots and
  19. pans of nearby houses.
  20. And in the 80s it was left to deteriorate after
  21. the short waves broadcast, there were stopped And in the
  22. last 10 years or so, an artist collective derosario has
  23. been using it as their workspace to curate exhibitions and
  24. to develop a sculpture park and surrounding park area.
  25. And this radio station, with its rich history and unique
  26. architecture, was at the center of our plants.
  27. At the very beginning, it seems to be a connective
  28. tissue between the three suburbs or the three areas and
  29. their history.
  30. And it was, it was a beautiful example of architecture
  31. and built heritage and the history of the area and
  32. part of its mythology, if you will, And it was
  33. supposed to host our community festival in September of 2020,
  34. but that we all know what happened.
  35. And we had to rethink our approach.
  36. A digital platform had been at the center of our
  37. plants all along, but became even more so once we
  38. couldn't have a massive community festival.
  39. So we launched a website too, to showcase and store
  40. all the research and work that had been done about
  41. the history of the area and the radio station.
  42. And we even managed to launch a small pop up
  43. exhibition with the, with the website and the exhibition was
  44. sort of showcasing the, the history of the radio station.
  45. And it was sort of open to the public, very
  46. controlled, very social distancing.
  47. And we still had our hopes of having a more
  48. people driven event.
  49. So this spring we opened the space up for people
  50. and we had a story cafe.
  51. We had the radio station open for two weeks where
  52. people could come sharing their stories, enjoy a free cup
  53. of coffee and see all the the artistic workshops that
  54. we have done with the local kids and they hit
  55. us at or you organize three fast show, uh, concept
  56. exhibitions there and, and the artistic approach, together with tears
  57. had been sort of very vital in our approach using
  58. culture as as, as a means to reach people.
  59. And uh, and it really did amazing things to lift
  60. the profile of the station, bring it to people's awareness
  61. and help launch the idea of using the radio station
  62. as a, as a cultural house as as a way
  63. where people can come together, share their ideas, share their
  64. stories and help develop their own uh, community spirit and
  65. identity and, and take the area and the radio station
  66. forward as a, as a tool of bringing people together.
  67. Thank you.