Usurbil's mayor, Agurtzane Solaberrieta Mesa, stated at the main event that "we have reasons to celebrate," thanks to the work of everyone involved in this project. "Both the Txirikorda community and the Usurbil City Council have worked hard to make Txirikorda a successful project," she affirmed, calling the project's journey and reception a collective achievement, both locally and beyond Usurbil.
The mayor emphasized that Txirikorda has found a "significant place" in the Basque Country and abroad, constantly receiving requests to learn about the project. "It is innovative, transformative, and therefore, it sparks great interest and curiosity," she explained, praising the project's pioneering nature and the "enormous creative effort" it has required.
In its two years of existence, Txirikorda moves "with a firm step" towards a prosperous future. According to Solaberrieta, the key to this success lies in the "effort being made by the community living there," as its residents have internalized and are working on the values the project aims to promote.
Beyond addressing the housing emergency, Txirikorda aims to "promote collective life projects, live in community, and do so within an intergenerational project." The mayor has defined Txirikorda as a "social laboratory," where "a small Usurbil lives," bringing together great diversity: of ages, origins, cultures, and languages, and she highlighted that managing all of this is "a model to follow."
Solaberrieta congratulated the residents of Txirikorda, making it clear that the project's development in Usurbil was possible thanks to their "great social and political commitment." "When you know your community, your town, you know that it is possible to create that vessel," she said, encouraging them to "continue paving the way, continue being a model."




