Since 2015, the Day of Urban Development Promotion has been organized by the federal government, federal states, municipal umbrella organizations and other partners.

In May, all cities and municipalities throughout Germany are invited to take part in Urban Development Day to present their plans, projects and successes.

In Steterburg, Urban Development Day took place for the first time in 2019 with a citizens' breakfast and a tour of the neighborhood with a visit to the Danziger Straße playground construction site.

In 2021, the people of Steterburg were invited to an artistic walk with the flyer "Steterburg becomes colorful".

Urban development funding in Germany is a joint project of the federal government, the federal states and local authorities. As a central pillar of the federal government's urban development policy, urban development funding has been supporting cities and municipalities in meeting structural, economic, social and ecological challenges since 1971. More than 9,300 total measures were funded in the period from 1971 to 2020 - in 3,900 municipalities nationwide. In the 50 years of its existence, it has proven to be a success story of integrated urban development.

Behind this success story is a very special approach: urban development promotion as a neighborhood-based and integrated program. Over the past 50 years, it has repeatedly adapted to a wide range of new challenges. The new structure of urban development funding takes this into account - simpler, more flexible and greener. The three federal-state programs in place since 2020 - "Vibrant Centres", "Social Cohesion" and "Growth and Sustainable Regeneration" - address current problems in a more targeted manner. They continue the funding priorities and supplement them with essential cross-cutting tasks.