http://www.andrewboraine.com Cities for People Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/03/giving-responsibly-in-the-cape-town-central-city/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/03/giving-responsibly-in-the-cape-town-central-city/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:53:18 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=1071 Business Improvement Districts, or BIDs, were first established in Canada and the US in the 1960s and 70s. Since then, they have become popular mechanisms  in many cities throughout the world to ensure that business areas are safe, clean and well managed, by raising an additional levy from property owners (or,…

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