2013 –
After losing the two parks and the 1500-square-metre exhibition spaces in and around the Stecca, the struggle for green areas and a self-organised community centre wasn’t over. A new project, with similar aims, started after finding an abandoned lot owned by the city administration in Via Pepe. Together with the Isola Pepe Verde association, Isola Art Center worked to create a community park in this area with a pavilion for art and neighbourhood activities. Its central location in the neighbourhood and its proximity to primary and secondary schools makes it ideal for responding to the emergency due to the lack of nearby green space in the area. Isola Art Center works in the new green space, to promote it in the neighbourhood and make it into a place shaped by participation and sociality.
In May 2012, the City Council approved the guidelines for conventions with citizen associations to create Community Gardens. In January 2013, the Zone 9 Council endorsed the proposal. In May 2013, Sector Zone 9 signed the one-year convention with the Isola Pepe Verde Association to create the Community Garden in the abandoned and fenced area. Since then, the convention has been annually renewed.
A group portrait, organised by Isola Art Centre, was taken of the neighbourhood, the activists, artists and everyone involved in Isola’s community-run garden.
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