There go my nominations for the informal, but very interesting prize of the weblog Brnopolis:
I am sure that the move with the biggest contribution to the city attractiveness for people in creative professions is the ongoing development of the university quarter in Bohunice. In 2008, the place finally became more similar to a town than to a construction site – that is why I believe this is the right time to say: Well done, Masaryk university (and other developers)!
Not only the new quarter gives a required “living space” to people involved in many different science projects; it is a symbol of the “2000s and 2010s Brno” as a town of education and research.
The project also helps to transform a desolated place with an überugly large bulding of hospital into a pretty, swinging quarter. I hope it will also stop the decay of nearby quarters Bohunice and Nový Lískovec.
What about the “long-term benefit award”? The Faculty of social studies celebrated the 10th anniversary last year. For 10 years, it has been preventing talented, creative and high-flying young people from leaving Brno and making other great minds relocate to the town. That is quite a contribution!
