AGM 2023
AGM DETAILS
8 November @ 6:00PM
Venue: Scout Hall – cnr Upper Orange and Sidmouth
AGM DETAILS:
Date: 05 December 2023
Time: 18h15 for 18h30
Venue: Scout Hall at Homeleigh Park, Upper Orange St (opposite Ou Meul)
AGM DETAILS
8 November @ 6:00PM
Venue: Scout Hall – cnr Upper Orange and Sidmouth
Be involved in reimagining our future Cape Town
The City of Cape Town is considering ways to support the growth of the night and visitor economy. Amongst other interventions, this could involve changes to CBD boundaries, planning, building and heritage regulations.
Attention is being given to the growing importance of the ‘night economy’, especially a growing number of call centres in the central city that employ over 18,000 people, many of whom work shifts after 6pm. This is driving new service needs, like lighting for safety, night-time public transport, food vendors, and alike.
While there is a steadily growing residential population in the central CBD area, there is a huge visitor economy (70% of residential property), with many apartments managed for short-term rentals. There are mounting tensions between businesses running restaurants, bars and clubs that create a lot of noise and those living in and visiting the central city that want the vibe, buzz and excitement of big city life, but don’t want to be woken up by it at all hours of the night.
The planning process is grappling with how to design, zone and set suitable rules for the area that meet these competing needs and help to make it an attractive and thriving space for all to enjoy and earn a living. The City wants your input. They will be presenting on the plan and the process at the CIBRA AGM. Come, listen and gear up to provide written inputs. Claim your stake, but accept you are one of many voices who want different things!
Keynote Speaker: Lance Boyd
Metropolitan Spatial Planning & Growth Management Department: Urban Planning & Design at the City of Cape Town
CIBRA needs your help:
CIBRA has a constitution, a structure, a website and some financial resources accumulated from membership fees, but needs volunteers to adapt to the changing times.