Neil Fraser, Executive Director of Partnerships for Urban Regeneration

CitiChat is a weekly newsletter about Johannesburg and urban issues generally, written by prominent inner city champion Neil Fraser, Executive Director of Partnerships for Urban Regeneration (PUR) and the Central Johannesburg Partnership. Neil Fraser can be contacted at (011) 688-7800 or by e-mail. Views and opinions expressed in CITICHAT are not necessarily those of PUR or CJP or the City of Johannesburg.

Talking about the city A weekly column about Johannesburg, written by prominent inner city champion Neil Fraser, Executive Director of Partnerships for Urban Regeneration (PUR) and the Central Johannesburg Partnership Click on the title to read the full story Citichat 49: Year end review There has been much real progress on many fronts over the past twelve months. It is of course always easier to tackle the challenges ahead when there is already a momentum and where the momentum is in the right direction. Citichat 48: Binational Civil Society Forum I had the good fortune to be one of 20 South Africans invited by the United States-Southern Africa Centre for Leadership and Public Values to meet with 20 US participants in a Binational Civil Society Forum held at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Citichat 47: Jeppe undergoes revitalisation Another great example of the stirrings of 'urban revitalisation through education' and this time in one of the forgotten inner city suburbs, Jeppestown! Citichat 46: 'Pickhandle' Mary Fitzgerald Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown has been transformed as part of the revitalisation of that area of the city, and provides a great urban space for all city users. (November 25, 2002) Citichat 45: One answer to last week's question! Last week I said "We need a plan, a BIG and BOLD plan!" CIDA City Campus is one - only it is no longer a plan but a reality. (November 15, 2002) Citichat 44: A big, bold plan needed Out of a number of significant events in the life of the city this week, two issues focused my mind on the urban poor ... (November 11, 2002) Citichat 43: Heritage Task Team Over the past 18 months or so I have voiced the frustration of many in regard to the apparent lack of Council commitment to the rich heritage of this city as exemplified in their total disregard for its buildings ... (November 4, 2002) Citichat 42: The people move back to CBD Red lining, lack of ability to raise finance, problems with tenants, inability to make sense of returns on conversions of buildings from commercial/industrial to residential. Residential development in the city, are you nuts? (October 28, 2002) Citichat 41: Celebrating city life Once a week over the past month or so I've found myself taking a busload of folks on the JHBARTCITY route ... (October 21, 2002) ALSO: Citichat 40: Spreading the good news (11 October 2002) Just another week in the life of the city - the (up)beat goes on! (4 October 2002) Inner city livability, why don't we rather try Sao Paulo? - 2 (27 September 2002) Inner city livability, why don't we rather try Sao Paulo? (20 September 2002) Mid-year Update of Inner City Regeneration Projects - 3 (6 September 2002) Update on JHB Art City (30 August 2002) Confronting the past whilst looking to the future (23 August 2002) Mid-year update of Inner city projects - 2 (16 August 2002) Mid-year update of Inner city projects - 1 (9 August 2002) Anniversary reminiscences (1 August 2002) Downtown democracy (26 July 2002) The Bad News is that the Bells aren't ringing (19 July 2002) Time to dust ourselves off and start all over again (12 July 2002) Cry my beloved city! (5 July 2002) The World Summit: A Potential Legacy in Physical and Cultural Capital (28 June 2002) Puzzles come together in Inner City regeneration (21 June 2002) Cities and Creativity vs "institutionalised sclerosis (14 June 2002) Places and spaces 2 - Johannesburg to Barcelona (7 June 2002) Places and spaces 1 - Johannesburg to Bilbao (31 May 2002) Rudy, George and Broken Windows (24 May 2002) London Wardens (17 May 2002) Housing, slumlords and heritage (10 May 2002)