Tag Archives: Cape Town Partnership

Come rain or come shine… we walk the city to discover our history

28 August 10 2 Comments

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I took a group of 25 international journalists on a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City this morning. The weather was awful, a typical wet Cape winter’s day, but true to our motto – we walk, come rain or shine – we set off in good spirits. The group is…

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Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit System takes shape

26 August 10 1 Comment

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The City of Cape Town announced deadlines for the implementation of phase one of the Integrated Rapid Transit System (IRTS) at a meeting of the Cape Town Partnership’s Central City Partners Forum this week.

The West Coast trunk route between Bayside Shopping Centre and the CBD/ Waterfront will be up…

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Post 2010 paradigm shifts create opportunities for new city development

30 July 10 8 Comments

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In 2008, the City of Cape Town and the Cape Town Partnership published the Central City Development Strategy – a framework to guide change and manage growth over the next ten years. We are currently reviewing and updating the strategy in light of the 2010 World Cup experience.…

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Ten reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well

07 July 10 7 Comments

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The Cape Town Fan Walk has become one of the talking points of Cape Town’s World Cup experience. The editorial in today’s Cape Argus described it as a ‘masterstroke’. John Robbie of 702 Talk Radio asked me yesterday to what we as a city owed the success of the Fan…

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Why Cape Town works

09 May 10 1 Comment

The Cape Town Central City features very positively in a recent article by Alan Cameron at iafrica.com entitled ‘Why Cape Town works’. The article is based partly on comparisons between the Cape Town Central City and the Johannesburg and Durban CBDs.

Many of the subsequent responses from readers to the…

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‘Life after 2010′ – Talk to the Cape Town Press Club, 08 February

11 February 10 4 Comments

There are five key elements of the 2010 World Cup legacy for Cape Town:

  • R14bn of infrastructure, much of it funded by National Treasury (e.g. CT Stadium, Green Point Urban Park, CT Airport, rail station upgrades, first phase IRT, highway intersections, pedestrian routes, cycle routes, public squares) – There

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Keep off the grass

09 November 09 0 Comments

About a year ago, I was privileged to have the opportunity to take Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogata, Colombia, on a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City. Penalosa is well known because of his pioneering efforts as Mayor between 1998 and 2001 in transforming his city from a car-dominated to…

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Celebrating 10 years of public-private partnerships in the Cape Town Central City

31 October 09 0 Comments

We had a great turnout at the Cape Town Partnership AGM this week. Our theme was ‘Life after 2010′ and we showcased over 40 public and private projects and developments that demonstrate that Cape Town is ‘open for business’ after the World Cup has come and gone.

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Life after 2010

26 October 09 0 Comments

We’re busy gearing up for the Cape Town Partnership AGM this coming Thursday (29 October). We have decided not to go with just the boring stuff (annual report and financial statements) but turn the occasion into something worthwhile. So we will be having a mini-conference on ‘life after 2010’ to…

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IDA Conference, Milwaukee

12 October 09 1 Comment

I was privileged to be invited to join the Board of the International Downtown Association (IDA) at the 55th IDA Congress, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in September 2009. The IDA has been around since 1954 and with over 650 members, represents a great network to share ideas and experiences about urban management.

What…

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