| Description |
Kilowatt is a coworking space and an accelerator of ideas of high social, cultural and environmental value, which brings together a network of enterprises, freelance professionals, startuppers, cultural operators and associations, with the aim of innovating the way of conceiving work and services by promoting the collaboration and sharing of tools and skills for the professional growth of all and for the improvement of the quality of life of each individual. Kilowatt has developed a multitude of services and initiatives, according to the vision of the overall project of Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita. It is a coworking space with 16 resident positions, that organizes training and networking to startups, enterprises and professionals. Furthermore it is a free business incubator and accelerator.It has realized an experimental educational service for infants and children (age 0-6), focused on outdoor education. Moreover it hosts cultural festivals about arts, cinema and music. |
| Description of the economic, social and environmental impacts of the project |
Thanks to a financing program of the Region Emilia Romagna, which scope was to mobilize institutions and local entities to promote bottom-up regeneration processes and to foster the diversification of local production systems, the project of Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita started in 2015, with a total investment of more than 900.000,00 €. Kilowatt is one of the partners of the overall project of Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita. Inside Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita there is a kitchen garden open to citizens where Kilowatt cultivates vegetables and organizes workshops with local schools. Among the most important projects related to the garden there is "Semino – Alimentare Positivo", that wants to make research and discover typical products of the migrant communities that are in Italy. Since 2018 several local farms have subscribed to the project and cultivate these products. |
