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5/28/2008Event note and invitation to report on our event
Discovering Nature in the Green Belt around Frankfurt
A tour full of experiences for parents and children alike
On Sunday, June 1st, children and their parents are cordially invited to come and experience nature in all its color. The Nidda-Auen meadows between Frankfurter Berg and Bonames and the life they are filled with are waiting to be discovered. The participants will encounter nature in unusual ways and will be given fascinating insights. The tour will be guided by three experienced nature educators of the association Umweltlernen in Frankfurt e. V (Learning about our Environment in Frankfurt). Participation is free. The real estate development company ORCO Germany, which is responsible for the residential development project TaunusSide at Homburger Landstrasse, is the event’s sponsor.
“We are interested in ensuring that architecture, the environment and the community sustainably work together as a whole. That is why we sponsor events that bring people together and also make them aware of ecological aspects,” is how Klaus Thiele, head of the ORCO branch office in Frankfurt, explained the background for the company’s sponsorship of the event.
In the course of the tour, the nature educators will motivate the children to play, to move about and experience nature. Children and adolescents will be discovering old riverbeds, will study pools and ponds, learn to recognize animal tracks and will gain a clearer understanding of their own bodies. There will be experiments with fragrant flowers, musical pieces of wood and strange animals. In parallel, parents and grown-ups will be informed of the change the landscape in the green belt surrounding Frankfurt is undergoing, and the restoration efforts being made.
The discovery tour will start and end at the pavilion of the newly constructed TaunusSide settlement near the S-Bahn station Frankfurter Berg. The tour is scheduled to begin at 1:30 P.M. and will end at 4:30 P.M. After about one and a half hours, there will be a small break for a pick nick. It is strongly suggested that participants wear sturdy shoes and clothing in line with the weather. Should the weather not permit the outing, an alternate program has been planned.
Date: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 1:30 P.M. – about 4:30 P.M.
Meeting point: TaunusSide-Pavillon, Im Hilgenfeld 3 (via Homburger
Landstrasse, near the S-Bahn station Frankfurter Berg)
For further information, please log onto our website: www.taunusside.de
| Contact Sabrina Eilers, ORCO Germany Head of Marketing & Communications Tel. +49. 30. 440 123 190 E-Mail seilers@orcogroup.com http://www.orcogermany.de/ |
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ORCO Germany
ORCO Germany S.A. is a real estate company that has its registered seat in Luxembourg and that is listed in the Prime Standard on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The ORCO Germany group, which operates under the uniform registered trademark ORCO Germany, has been pursuing its activities in Germany since 2004 and concentrates on residential and commercial properties as well as on asset management and project development. ORCO Germany currently employs about 210 members of staff in Germany.
In 2006, ORCO Germany strategically reinforced its project development operations by acquiring Viterra Development GmbH. Viterra Development GmbH was renamed ORCO Projektentwicklung GmbH at the beginning of 2008 and is one of the leading project developers and investors specializing in commercial and residential properties in the core German markets of Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. ORCO Germany expanded its portfolio of properties in Berlin in June of 2007 by taking over Gewerbesiedlungs-Gesellschaft (GSG); the company now manages more than 1 million square meters of developed and undeveloped areas in the German capital. GSG was established in 1965 and is the largest owner of commercial space in Berlin with about 850,000 square meters of office and multifunctional space. ORCO-GSG owns 45 so-called commercial courtyards and centers, as well as 235 residential units. Most of the properties are located in the city center with excellent connections to the Berlin public transportation network.
ORCO Germany S.A. is a subsidiary of ORCO Property Group, one of the leading Central European real estate firms holding a portfolio worth EUR 2.4 billion (as evaluated on Decmber 31st, 2007). Established in 1991, the company has its registered seat in Luxembourg and is listed on the Euronext, Prague, Budapest and Warsaw stock exchanges. It operates primarily in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Croatia, the Slovak Republic and Germany.
By switching from the Open Market, where ORCO Germany S.A. had been listed since 2006, to the Regulated Market (Prime Standard) in November of 2007, ORCO Germany has demonstrated that it is implementing a capital market strategy consistent with its rapid operating growth of recent years. By meeting the most exacting standards of transparency in place at the German Stock Exchange, ORCO Germany S.A. has improved its accessibility to capital market players even further.
Umweltlernen in Frankfurt e. V.
As part of the project “Bildungsraum GrünGürtel” (education in the green belt surrounding Frankfurt), the association for the promotion of environmental learning Umweltlernen in Frankfurt e. V. has established several learning stations in the surrounding area of the city. The project reflects a didactic concept that is both rooted in the landscape and directed towards the future. It was developed by the association Umweltlernen in Frankfurt e.V. in collaboration with the GrünGürtel project group as well as schools and children’s day care centers. The content of the events organized are aligned with the courses of instruction in place in the Land of Hessia. The project “education in the green belt surrounding Frankfurt” was designated an official contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
For further information (in German) on the project and the association, please log onto the website
http://www.umweltlernen-frankfurt.de/