Brno's Vinohrady has a regeneration plan as the last housing estate

Brno - Brno's Vinohrady has developed a renewal plan as the last housing estate in the city. The project includes five phases, focusing on modifying sidewalks and parking areas, planting and maintaining greenery, and renovating playgrounds. The first phase, which mostly involved work around the town hall, was carried out by the residents of Vinohrady this year. It cost nine million crowns, said deputy mayor Jiří Pustina (ODS) to journalists today.
The district was originally supposed to pay for all construction work out of its own budget, as it did not receive a grant from the Ministry for Regional Development. However, according to Pustina, ministry officials recently reached out with an offer for additional financing because there was leftover money in the grant title. Vinohrady should thus receive an additional four million crowns from the state, which they had not yet paid to the suppliers and, according to the agreement, were supposed to cover next year. This will free up the district's budget for next year, Pustina said.
This year, the town hall renovated the parking lot in front of the multipurpose building, which houses the town hall as well as medical practices, a library, and company offices. They also repaired playgrounds near the town hall and drained another parking lot. This way, nearby establishments should no longer be damp.
According to Pustina, the next phases will take place in the coming years. “Every year for the next five years, a specific sector of the housing estate will be addressed,” he said.
Vinohrady, with 15,000 residents, is one of the large housing estates in Brno. So far, the local council has mainly invested in the renovation of panel buildings. It started in 2007 and is expected to be completed next year; according to mayor Jiří Čejka (ČSSD), all the buildings that will remain in municipal ownership will be finished by then.
Vinohrady is known in Brno for its silhouette and color scheme, which is expected to remain even after the renovations. Council members previously voted that associations of apartment owners or cooperatives cannot change the colors of the buildings during regeneration. Years ago, architects proposed Vinohrady in burgundy red and gray, choosing dark green and ochre as complementary colors.