A City Improvement District (CID) is a defined geographic area within which property owners agree to pay for supplementary and complimentary services set to enhance the physical and social environment of the area.
Base services provided in a CID are supplementary to those provided by the local authority, and typically include additional public safety and security, pavement cleaning, litter collection, as well as the upliftment and maintenance of public spaces where necessary.
Further a CID provides complementary services which seek to enhance and attract visitors and users to the area, these services include and are not limited to marketing and communications; environmental upgrades in the public space; activation and event programming; and strategic engagement to support and attract additional economic development and growth to the CID area.
A CID is therefore an operational and organisational vehicle for co-operation and cost-sharing among private property and business owners to ensure the management, development and sustainability of a precinct.
For more information see GPMA website. https://www.gpma.co.za/