63 • Working with cultural heritage buildings can seem like a source of many problems and constraints, but it actually enrichens local projects and their relationship with the city, community and neighbourhood. With unconditional faith in the users and the community, a local government can stimulate and activate them to create a high-quality programme. • For that to happen, municipalities have to accept that grassroots plans take time to grow, but the result can be a community-based programme with huge urban, social and economic impacts. By letting local community participate or even co-create local projects from the very beginning, the project will be more widely supported. • In OPEK, by exchanging best practices and knowhow, every organisation became stronger and more resilient. Cohousing with other cultural organisations forces you to sharpen the identity of your organisation and can bring many benefits, including financial ones. Top Tips More info Public depot for the art