The Foundation
Retake is the most widespread association today active in taking care of the common good.
It’s a grass-roots citizen movement – not-for-profit and apolitical –promoting beauty, long term viability and urban regeneration by encouraging the diffusion of civic pride and the notion that each and every resident can take personal responsibility and contribute to the civic and economic growth of all of Italy.
Our work consists of a number of different civic action events, educational programs and public-private partnerships centered around respect for and care of towns and cities and within a number of social contexts, all framed around the principle of a flat social organization or subsidiarity.
Retake’s extensive reach takes place in public areas – streets and squares, green spaces, beaches and buildings alike. It’s here where Retake activates a number of projects and initiatives such as:
improving and beautifying urban surroundings thru direct citizen action committees
designing and implementing structural innovation projects
forging social bonds
delivering civics education to city residents, especially our youth
saising awareness and involvement by public agencies, private organizations and businesses.
Retake Goals
Retake develops initiatives and programs aimed at the sustainable growth of cities, primarily through recouping, enhancing and innovating public spaces, through the active participation of all components of our society: Governmental agencies, institutions, businesses, and other non-profit organizations.
It’s in this vein that Retake looks to: bring people together to re-appropriate public spaces, teach people to know the history of a city and start re-writing it, breathe new life into the cultural heritage of places, show people how to recognize beauty, and ultimately, reinforce a sense of belonging.
Territorial competitiveness
Raising awareness and care for the city through events centered on recouping iconic places alongside appropriate city agencies involved
Community enhancement
Conducting civics education programs directed at city youth, raising awareness on proper trash disposal, working with local associations, involving local businesses in improving and tending to their neighborhoods
Social Innovation
Working with businesses to re-design city spaces in support of sustainable initiatives by companies