Our beautiful village is located in the Prefecture of Fokida, at an altitude of 1100m on the mountain range of Giona. Administratively, it belongs to the Municipality of Delphi and the Municipal Unit of Gravia. It got its name from the “good view” it has, facing from high above the wide surrounding horizon.

Our team collects ideas, analyzes them and tries to promote in any way possible the implementation of future actions that are evaluated as necessary for the sustainable development of the village.

In our opinion, the community store constitutes the heart of the village. Without an aesthetically and functionally perfect central restaurant, there can hardly be any kind of sustainable development. To this end, we suggest the creation of an aesthetically and architecturally fine place, with high quality services and facilities. Exploiting our advantageous location on the axis of Katafygio Vryzes – Pavliani, we can benefit by providing high quality services, which will be appreciated by any visitor and will thus lead to the recurring choice of Kaloskopi as the ideal destination for a future excursion!

Our main idea is to create a wonderful place to eat and have coffee over the winter months (when the cafe of our guest house in the square will not be open) and a place to enjoy meals and snacks in the summer. This place will also host a vintage grocery store with products that are indispensable to the visitors that spend a weekend at Kaloskopi. Thus, the locals, as well as the visitors during the weekends will have easy and convenient access to the basic products for their house, such as dairy products, bread, cold cuts etc. mainly during the winter days, when the existing grocery store in our village is closed. In parallel with the grocery store, we suggest that the roof of the building should be designed in a way that will allow the accommodation of a place for fast food (such as crepes, hot dogs, etc.), with pergolas, lighting garlands and a magical atmosphere. Therefore, we will have a place that offers multiple options (coffee in the square, food in the main store and fast food on the terrace).

These times are not easy for anyone, so we are currently working on a multi-stakeholder plan for people who want to invest a small amount in this versatile store. If the right business plan is properly designed and organized and there is a convergence of views, then this project can move forward, be funded by European programs and succeed. Contact us for more information about this project.

The second important issue is the ability to accommodate guests and visitors. For the time being, there is only one community guest house in the area and that is why we encourage people who are thinking of investing to proceed with the creation of autonomous accommodation or the concession of places that are not regularly inhabited for rent through an electronic platform (such as AirBNB). Increasing the hosting capacity is considered to be necessary in order to be able to organize activities that will potentially attract many visitors. The combination of the main community store and its branches will constitute the beginning of the sustainable development of the village.

A summer bar has long been sought in our area and has been a timeless demand of the young people. We have been working on a plan to create a place outside the village, which will operate for a month in the summer and will be the meeting point of not only the youth, but also anyone who appreciates this kind of entertainment. There is a number of actions that can be hosted around this area, such as live music performances and concerts, parties, the village youth party that is yearly organized to support the actions of the Cultural Association “Agia Triada”, as well as many other activities. We encourage the cooperation of people for the creation of a place like that, which does not require large amounts of money and can also be funded by European programs.

One of our innovative ideas has to do with the creation of a multifunctional space for all the young and adult residents, as well as all the visitors of the village. This multifunctional space will be aesthetically perfect and its design will be undertaken by interior architects, in collaboration with educators and technology experts. It will be equipped with computers, a library, spaces for painting and artistic activities, it will provide educational and robotics games and it will be able to host seminars, presentations and many more events.

The name of this place will be “K-Tech Lab” and we aspire that it will be one more place of which we will be proud, as we already are of our Folklore Museum! We have already made an initial contact with companies that can take care of the equipment of the place with the appropriate furniture, the decorative elements, etc. and we have contacted companies that are willing to undertake the setting up of the technology lab!!! Finally, we are in touch with the Local Community in order to find the most suitable location for this project and we hope that there will soon be positive developments!

One of our most basic aspirations is the modernization of the Community Clinic through telemedicine programs and involvement of an organization that may be interested in supporting the project. Also, the inclusion of a pharmacy that will provide basic items that are necessary for the permanent residents will allow breaths of relief and comfort to those who choose to spend more time in our village!

One idea that we have been working on is the creation of a 5×5 football field with natural turf, on a plot that can be offered by a fellow villager for this purpose. Once the surface is reformed to be even, we will only have to install an automatic watering system, two goal posts and a beautiful, plain, wooden fence. This is a low-level intervention that will not require any special permission from the Department of Town Planning and Housing. What is more, should the concessionaire-owner need the plot in the future, the goal posts and the wooden fence will be immediately and easily removed.

One of our main goals is to highlight and promote the neighborhoods of the village, through the reformation of the paths and routes that connect these neighborhoods with the village square. Paving and lighting will be our main interventions. Our aim is to find financial support through sponsorships or donations from large companies that are interested in promoting their Corporate Social Responsibility concept. Through this intervention we aspire to beautify all the neighborhoods of the village and, at the same time, allow the visitor to get to know every corner of it, take photos and enjoy walking along every alley.

One of our main pursuits is the development of activities that can take place in the village and within its natural environment. Mountain biking, running, trail running, mountaineering, hiking, 4×4 routes, thematic and group activities, such as yoga sessions, can all be developed, provided that we organize the appropriate infrastructure and facilities for each one of them.

Another idea that we are currently working on is the possibility to acquire a mini bus that will provide services every Friday and Sunday from Athens to Kaloskopi and vice versa, provided that seat reservations will reach a predetermined amount every time. The mini bus can be obtained in many ways and, in any case, the price of the ticket will be much more advantageous than travelling by one’s own vehicle. This way, we could ensure economical and pleasant transportation, especially for people who cannot visit the village regularly for various reasons, although they really desire to!

Kaloskopirestart.org is an organization open to anyone who wants to offer and help in any way throughout the actions, and wants to support this vision and, consequently, the place we love so much! Here are some suggestions on how you can help.