Elewijt - Village with a future

This is what I read in the newspaper today: Elewijt - Village with a future
Village with a future was a competition which 93 villages entered to try and become the "Village with a future".

Elewijt entered the project "Een stoel voor jou" (a chair for you). Click on the link to see some pictures of the decorated chairs that were on display everywhere in our small village.
Ger De Broeck invented the concept, the idea behind it was to bring people from our village closer together by putting a chair outside your house (nicely decorated) and thus inviting your neighbors or other people passing by to sit down, have a talk, relax.

Beginning of this year the workgroup "De stoelmadammen" (the chair ladies) started the project. A few actions were organized to visualize the project and chairs could be seen everywhere in the streets. On April 26, children from the local school and youth movement painted chairs. But also other locals did their best to create a nice chair.
All chairs were on display during the weekend of May 11. That weekend we have a half marathon in our village and also the local procession.
The action ended by the end of August.
And the winner is: ELEWIJT...
a reward of 10.000 EURO will be invested in a big party for the village of Elewijt.

Isn't it great to know that you live in a "Village with a future"?