Groenewoud (also known as Woensel-West) is a historic working-class neighbourhood in Eindhoven, originally developed in the 1930s as social housing for industrial workers, many of whom were employed by Philips. From the 1980s onwards, job losses in manufacturing in Eindhoven contributed to economic decline of the neighbourhood and the emergence of social challenges, including drug use and prostitution. In 2007, Woensel-West was included in the list of the Netherlands’ 40 “problem neighbourhoods” identified by Minister Ella Vogelaar and a large-scale urban renewal programme was initiated by th…
