Safe, Clean, Caring and Open for Business 2 City Views: Your Free Cape Town Central City Newspaper

04 Future Foreshore: what’s next 09 Startup kids: the millennials 11 Warming up to winter: soup for the infamous freeway? are coming to town and vintage threads in the CBD @CapeTownCCID CityViewsCapeTown City Views CapeTownCCID YOUR FREE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY NEWSPAPER Brought to you by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) Winter 2017 How to help the homeless in the Central City from the ground up PAGE 06 SHOW YOU The CCID’s NGO partners 05 A look at transitional support for street people 08 CARE CCID 24-hour control centre 082 415 7127 www.capetownccid.org SAFE, CLEAN, CARING AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS 2 CITY VIEWS: YOUR FREE CAPE TowN CENTRAL CITY NEWSPAPER TALK OF THE TOWN @CapeTownCCID #CityViews CityViewsCapeTown CapeTownCCID what we can get. I’m told, though, all other neighbourhoods #TRENDING that even if we do receive our usual throughout the City, whether there share of winter showers, it won’t be are city improvement districts or City Views enough to replenish our dams to a not, we have a street community. #cosplay higher level than the end of last Until there are enough facilities IS A FREE CAPE TOWN winter. This means water restrictions to accommodate the homeless, we CENTRAL CITY COMMUNITY are likely to become a way of life in the need to find solutions that best NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY Cape, at least for the next few years. meet the challenges. And we will THE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY It’s amazing how much we depend only find the ultimate solutions when IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (CCID), on water, and yet how much it we all work together – private, A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION. IT makes life difficult on the street. To public and NGO sectors. But for shelter street people from the now, let’s all at least do the best we IS THE CCID’S VISION TO ENSURE elements – the rain and the icy can to help the truly destitute. If, THE CENTRAL CITY IS SAFE, CLEAN, winds – the CCID is putting in place as a corporate, you would consider FanCon: Cape Town Comic Con came to the CTICC on the CARING AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS a few important interventions this getting involved with the Street weekend of 29 April. FOR ALL WHO USE IT, WHETHER NAVIGATING year. As in previous years, we’ll be Sleeper project, take a look at (image: Atlanta Comic Con) THEY LIVE, WORK OR PLAY HERE, providing waterproof ponchos, as page 7 for more information. It’s all OR ARE PASSING THROUGH. THE WATERS well as instant soup, for distribution part of being a caring Central City by our Social Development we can be proud of. Rain, rain, go away ... fieldworkers to their clients as On that note, on page 8, our or come again? needed. This will supplement the Social Development manager, Pat assistance they already render every Eddy, tells us about transitional www.facebook.com/ single day. We are also working housing for the homeless and harm CityViewsCapeTown Tasso Evangelinos with Youth Solutions Africa’s reduction – two concepts that could Woodstock shelter to ensure it has also lead to a more caring CBD. PUBLISHED BY CEO OF THE CCID The Cape Town Central City enough bed space for up to 30 of As for our regular programming, Improvement District (CCID) our clients every night. You can find so to speak, this issue of City Views th 13 floor, 1 Thibault Square, Winter is tricky. Cape Town’s is out about this and other CCID- is, as usual, filled with a mix of Cnr Long St & Hans Strijdom Ave, #KeepItClean Cape Town, 8001 usually cold and wet, a time when partnered NGOs on page 5. retail and event news. We also look www.capetownccid.org the worst off have it even worse. Then, for the first time this year, at the route the Foreshore Freeway Did you see our activation in Bree www.facebook.com/CapeTownCCID It’s also a time when, after a long, we are purchasing 150 Street Sleeper may take in the coming years Street on 6 April? The CCID removes 2 100kg of street refuse a day from 021 286 0830 dry summer, many of us are hoping sleeping bags for our fieldworkers (page 4), and speak to three the Central City. for rain. Though we may feel guilty to distribute on the streets. Many influential Central City-based EdiTORiaL (CCID) doing so from our warm homes, may say we are encouraging and millennials about the spaces they Editor: Brent Smith enabling people to sleep on the inhabit (page 9). [email protected] this is especially true in 2017 when, #KeepItClean Managing editor: Aziza Patandin in the shadow of drought, we’ll take streets. The reality is that, as with Enjoy, and stay warm. [email protected] Contact Brent if you have a story to tell, and Aziza if you want copies. Communications manager: Carola Koblitz My team of four I would like to thank my team – Mark Online coordinator: Scott Arendse fieldworkers have Williams, Headman Sirala-rala, Joseph SHOW YOU CARE this in bucket loads. Maganga and Shanien Stemmett – for DESIGN (INFESTATION) The CCID Social Development team’s tagline is “show As you will see in the their dedication to improving so many Account manager: Melissa Sherwin you care”. It’s the ethos by which we work every day, Social Development lives. I would also like to take this Art director: Sam Bainbridge and we want to inspire others to do the same. “dashboard” below, opportunity, like Tasso has above, to Sies! The CCID’s 2017 Finished artist: Shane Wells between them they challenge the Central City community. #KeepItClean campaign has come Designed by: www.infestation.co.za The Cape Town Central City and its interact almost 2 000 times with street To the business people, residents, to an end, but we continue to give a 021 461 8601 surrounding neighbourhoods have people in a three-month period. They NGOs and City officials we work with, I thumbs down to litter and illegal dumping. CONTRIBUTORS a street population of around 1 200. have forged close relationships with know we all have different viewpoints Content: Brent Smith, Though they live in the public eye, the many of the people they have met when it comes to street people. But how Carola Koblitz, Pat Eddy depth of their trauma is often over- over the years, facilitating essential can we come together and show we all Photography: Ed Suter, Gregor Röhrig, looked. The only way to understand and health services, visiting family and care for our community as a whole? Johan Dempers, Lisa Burnell, Carola assist is to treat them like you would other social contacts in communities Koblitz, Scott Arendse, Brent Smith anyone else. And that requires caring outside the CBD, and even attending Pat Eddy Cover photo: Ed Suter and compassion. some of their clients’ funerals. MANAGER OF CCID SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DISCLaimeR HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THE CCID HAS DONE FOR YOU IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS While every effort is made to ensure the correctness of all content, the publisher takes no responsibility SAFETY & Conducted Issued Issued Rendered Responded Dealt with for the accuracy of statements SECURITY 24 187 Issued Made 217 1 935 fines 1 265 fines public & to 149 33 illegal or content, and can accept no crime 3 171 arrests to a total of to a total of vehicle medical trading liability for errors, omissions or prevention warnings with law R1 299 400 R748 400 assistance and rescue offences inconveniences arising thereof. All initiatives enforcement during the day at night 450 times callouts text, images and design is subject to copyright and any unauthorised URBAN duplication is prohibited. All work Identified Removed Removed Removed Undertook Painted MANAGEMENT Cleaned Maintained is accepted in good faith that all 1 248 2 736 723 400kg of 35 road 355 5 643 843 permissions have been granted. illegal strings incidents butts from maintenance road drains tree wells posters & stickers of graffiti cigarette bins repairs markings CITY VIEWS SUPPORTS GIVE RESPONSIBLY SOCIAL Engaged with Assisted DEVELOPMENT Assisted Assisted Assisted Referred 2 adults to Assisted /GiveResponsibly street people 9 children with Thanks to Belmond 86 adults to 30 adults 15 adults to Straatwerk for a work 2 mothers 1 830 times preventative Mount Nelson Hotel, shelters home healthcare opportunity with babies on the streets facilities services Cape Town Partnership, Laura Robinson, Mandela Rhodes Place, Protea COMMUNICATIONS A great deal of the coverage is from the launch of The State of Cape Town North Wharf, Southern Generated 174 clips with total Central City Report – 2016: A year in review. During the last three months, Sun Waterfront, Sun media exposure (AVE) to the the Communications department also concluded the “Stash it, Don’t Flash it” International and Taj value of R10 948 857 (estimated campaign and conceptualised and rolled out the very successful #KeepItClean Cape Town for donations. audience circulation: 90 806 205). campaign for the Urban Management department (see page 3). Brought to you by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) Winter 2017 3 STAKEHOLDER NEWS USEFUL Evolution Café CONTACTS This health store and wellness café For more serves nutritious and delicious food Central City news and drinks. and views, subscribe to OPEN FOR BUSINESS 5 Portside, Bree St | 082 903 3406 EMERGENCY the CCID’s newsletter. Go The CCID wishes these new www.evolution-cafe.com to www.capetownccid.org CCID 24-HOUR retailers all the best in the Central City. and enter your email Homage 1862 SAFETY & address at the bottom SECURITY of the homepage.

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