Statistics to understand
An overview of interest and contributions, to inform decisions.
How it works
A closed door. An open conversation.
The custode is a place’s artificial voice. It listens to memories and ideas and looks for new energy. People decide what comes next.
See what happensFor local councils · tackling depopulation
Places help keep villages alive.
A grocery, a café, a craft workshop: everyday services and reasons to stay. Custodi helps find people and possibilities to reopen them.
Ideas to explore
Needs, proposals and memories reviewed by people, with their sources.
People to meet
Potential managers and new energy. Contacts are shared with the people’s consent.
The association supports the council, from interpreting signals to meeting potential managers. Assessments, meetings and the award remain with the municipality and its public procedures: the custodi prepare capable people for the call, they do not choose in its place.
From words to possibilities.
Swipe through the 5 steps
01 · The chat
You share. The place listens.
Scan the QR to enter the chat. A memory, an idea, a wish to take part: a conversation can be the beginning.
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The place’s artificial voice
I am this place’s artificial voice. What could you imagine here?
YouA workshop where we could learn to repair things.
An idea to explore with the people who hold the keys.
02 · The review
The custode gathers. People verify.
In the private backroom, the association follows contributions and contacts. It can involve the council and residents in the review.
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12Contributions
5Ideas
3Offers to help
- Memories and storiesFind the source
- Ideas and thoughtsExplore further
- Willingness to helpGet in touch
Facts, memories and hypotheses stay distinct. Nothing becomes true automatically.
03 · The board
Selected ideas become visible.
The public board brings together what has been reviewed and selected. Visitors can read and support ideas.
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An idea to explore
A shared workshop
A space to repair, learn and meet.
04 · Potential managers
Who could reopen it?
The custode gathers skills and interest from potential managers. The association follows up and, with people’s consent, connects the council with those who could bring the place back to life. A public place is only awarded through a municipal public call: until then, nobody is its manager. The promise is to find capable people ready to take part.
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I would like to help
I would like to apply to the public call to run it
I have skills to contribute
Contact details stay private, never on the board. Sharing with the council is agreed with each person: leaving a contact does not appoint a manager; management is always awarded through a public procedure.
05 · The statistics
Understand interest. Prepare decisions.
Conversations, contributions, ideas and offers to help: we give the council an overview of the signals gathered. To understand local needs, explore proposals and decide whom to meet.
Illustrative example · no real data
24Conversations
12Contributions
3Offers to help
Illustrative counts, not unique people or evidence of an impact on depopulation. Contact details stay separate from summary data.
Rocca Cigliè · rural Piedmont, Italy
First we meet. Then the conversation continues.
TEST 01: three days at the former grocery during ELT. Signs, notes, questions. And a custode that stays.
The beginning · our first case studyThe next place could be yours
Anyone can start. You too.
A closed public place. An event nearby. People who care. Start here.
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