urban management
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Winter Readiness, Infrastructure Awareness and Community Updates
As the colder months settle in across Cape Town, winter brings with it a range of seasonal challenges for businesses, property owners and the broader community. Heavy rainfall, flooding, sewer blockages, reduced visibility and storm damage can all impact the safe functioning of our public spaces and neighbourhoods. This month, we share practical winter readiness…
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GCID 2025 Year-End Review & Festive Season Safety Tips
As the year draws to a close, the GCID looks back on twelve months of sustained progress in keeping Glosderry cleaner, safer and more resilient. From public safety patrols to urban cleaning and rapid response to service requests, our team has remained focused on delivering the services that help businesses operate with confidence. This year’s…
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GCID 2024 Roundup & Safety Tips for the Festive Season
As 2024 draws to a close, the Glosderry City Improvement District celebrates a year of notable achievements in making our area a cleaner, safer and more vibrant community. And, we share our festive season safety tips for businesses and all those going on holiday this season. Urban Cleaning Success This year, our urban cleaning and…
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Q1 Review, Winter Preparation & Wheelie Bin Safety
As we move into the cooler months, we’re looking back and highlighting the efforts made during Q1 to keep the Glosderry City Improvement District a safe and clean place to live, work and visit. At this time, we also start preparing for winter with all the necessary maintenance to public space, and we ask you to…
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Welcoming 2024 – Let’s Create A Better Glosderry Together
Working together with residents, local businesses and urban management specialists to create a rich urban environment where the Glosderry community can thrive, we – the Glosderry City Improvement District – welcome 2024 with the new challenges and opportunities it will provide. Together with the City of Cape Town, our partners, outreach initiatives and you, we…
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Glosderry City Improvement District 2023 Roundup
It’s been another year of successes and tackling challenges head-on for the Glosderry City Improvement District. As part of our renewed commitment to public safety and urban cleaning and management, we persist in leading the way toward the continuous improvement of Glosderry as a thriving hub of business and industry. Our GCID team has increased…
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First quarter 2023 updates + Meet the Glosderry CID manager
in GCID news2023 is well underway and as we embark on a year set to take our Glosderry City Improvement District to new heights, we introduce you to our manager and share some important reminders from GCID and the City. As always, our focus remains on developing a safe, accessible and welcoming urban ecosystem for all workers,…
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Glosderry City Improvement District 2022 roundup & safety tips for the holiday season
2022 has been a year for celebrating successes for Glosderry City Improvement District and tackling new and ongoing challenges. With our new five-year business plan term commencing in July 2023 we renew our commitment to providing top-up services to the City of Cape Town with a special focus on public safety, urban cleaning and management,…
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Illegal Dumping: What It Is and How to Stop It
Did you know? That annually over 180 000 tons of waste are cleared from illegal dumping hot spots! That costs the city, and you as the taxpayer, a staggering R350 million a year just in clean-up. In other words, cleaning illegal dumping costs 20 times more than collecting waste from wheelie bins. That is why…
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Welcoming a new year, new challenges and new triumphs
As we charge into 2022, there is undeniable trepidation surrounding the new challenges and triumphs the year will bring. This year we will continue to create an urban ecosystem that is safe, accessible and inviting to all the workers, visitors and community members of our district. As in years before, we are unwavering in our…