Activity 3: Joining livable cities project : After the food festival and old pictures, they joined the "Livable
Cities" project, with Chumchon Thai and CODI, linking this market revitalization with 12 other pilot cities.
People began to realize that if you improve your community, it increases income and also brings other
benefits. This project opened up a lot of cross-learning between community networks in the other pilot cities,
and between municipal government officials, NGOs, academics and other actors. Many professors and
students come to learn about the process. (For example, the old wooden market in Ang Thong recently
burned down, and since the fire, the people have visited Sam Chuk to get ideas, exchange experiences.
The Ang Thong market people are determined to rebuild their market, despite the tragedy...)