The priorities were developed in 14 working groups in which 250 Salzgitter residents worked for a year.

Together with over 60 other proposals, the package will be included in the city budget and introduced into the political discussion at the council meeting on 29 February. The proposals have already been sent to the city council's parliamentary groups. They can now evaluate and discuss them.

Even if a fun pool or town hall is not built, millions of euros will be invested in childcare. The investments are intended to ensure that at least half of all children up to the age of 14 can be looked after from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in crèches, daycare centers or schools in 2016. Educational opportunities will also be improved, industry will continue to settle here and the tourism potential of Salzgittersee will be further developed.

Other planned projects include, for example, a program for older ABC pupils, a swimming course for all primary school pupils, the creation of an integration advisory board and an advertising concept for Salzgitter. All of this is intended to make Salzgitter more attractive for families and thus become a location factor that keeps people in the city and attracts others.

The "City with a Future" guidelines for designing Salzgitter as a child- and family-friendly learning city were presented at a results conference on December 8 at the Hotel am See in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt. Mayor Frank Klingebiel gave the go-ahead for this at the same location on February 7, 2011. As a result of this process, key projects were developed that have a demonstrable impact on demographics, education levels and employment.

In his opening speech, the Lord Mayor emphasized that projects and flagship projects were discussed and developed in 14 working groups in a broad democratic dialogue with experts, the population and the city administration. Klingebiel: "In addition to the overarching effect, the benefits for a strengthened child and family policy in the city of Salzgitter were the decisive test criterion."