Xtreme Parks

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Contents Introduction Strategic planning Enhancement of the

natural & built landscape Arts, culture & heritage Environmental Best

Practices

Community participation& empowerment Healthy Lifestyles

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WHAT IS AN

XTREMEPARKMAKEOVER?

WOW!!!

ENVIRONMENTALEDUCATION

COMMUNITY

PARTICIPATION &EMPOWERMENT

INSPIRED

VISION GDS

24 HOURS

QUICK WINS

AWARENESS

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STRATEGICPLANNING

ARTS, CULTURE& HERITAGE

ENVIRONMENTAL

BEST PRACTICES

HEALTHY

LIFESTYLESINNOVATION


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IMPACT ACHIEVED

XTREMEPARKMAKEOVER?

WOW!!!

ENVIRONMENTAL

EDUCATION

SOCIAL

COHESION

CRIME FREE PARKGREEN ETHOS

QUICK WINS

SOW THE GREENSEED

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JOBSCREATED

COMMUNITYENVIRONMENT

LINKAGE

HEALTHYLIFESTYLES

OUTDOORLEISURE


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Wilgeheuwel XtremePark

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Past Xtreme Successes


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Diepkloof Memorial Park

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Diepkloof XtremePark

Livcom Award


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Other Municipalities

Mthatha Waterfall Park


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VISION

CITY PARKSSTRATEGY

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT2040 STRATEGY

COJVISION

ENVIRONMENTALSECTORVISION

MAYORAL PRIORITIES

CITY PARKSVISION

KEY PERFORMANCEAREAS

OPEN SPACEMASTERPLAN

ENVIRONMENTALSECTOR PLAN

Preserve citys urban forestEnhance ecological systems

Retain & conserve citys open space network Preserve sensitive habitats and biodiversity

CITY MANAGERS

SCORECARD

2012

INTEGRATEDDEVELOPMENT

PLAN

STRATEGIC INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING

GDS

1. PROACTIVE ABSORPTION OF THE POOR2. BALANCED & SHARED GROWTH3. FACILITATED SOCIAL MOBILITY4. INNOVATIVE GOVERNANCE SOLUTIONS5. SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE6. SETTLEMENT RE-STRUCTURING


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What we use todo the work?

Driver Thrust

Impacts

Outcomes

Outputs

Activities

Inputs

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Manage towardsachieving results

Plan,

budget,implement

What we do?

What we produce ordeliver?

What we wish to achieve?

What we aim to achieve?


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Strategic Planning

Resources Skills identification Activities Logistics Work allocation Sequenced action plan of

activities Implementation,

monitoring and qualitychecks

Progress tracking

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Process

Budgeting, scoping and design Site identification, theme

definition.

Community participation and

Environmental education.

Masterplan design and

procurement of services

Preliminary groundpreparation and bulk services

(Earthworks and connections)

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The Projects WHY Claremont?

Want of the people &need of the people

Minimal recreationalfacilities

Environmental Relief

WHY Pimville? Vast history Underdeveloped open

space Dust bowl

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Challenges

No entrance definition Lack of spatial definition Lack of unity play

equipment appearscattered

Littering and dumping Only bare soil around

play structures due toutilization

Boundary wall dull Rocky area No water connection &

other services

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Opportunities Beautiful views Park can be linked to other

areas in the neighborhoods Located between two streets

very good surveillance Existing trees Size of the park Neighboring crche / Soup

Kitchen and nearby schoolsensures that park is wellutilized, very good location

Pimville area has rich historypart of the design

The greater Pimville area isundergoing a redevelopmentphase.

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Enhancement of naturaland built landscape

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Claremont Design

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Pimville Design

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Concept statement

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Meet the needs of a growing

family community Deep roots of the community's

heritage and reconnectingresidents to nature.

Spiral dynamic shape,symbolizing change and growth

Celebrate the importance of music


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Enhancement of thenatural and built

landscape Creating local pride youth, community participation, bringing peopletogether HelpMekaar

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Enhancement of the natural and built landscape

Recreational experience


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Pimville est. 1906 Nkosi Sikele

iAfrica EnochSontonga Resident

Melody MusicSchool

Street namesafter firstresidents

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Arts, Culture andHeritage

Enoch Sontonga1873 - 1905


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Claremont SophiaTown

Coloured area Poets & jazz music

Diverse

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I feel a poemThumping deep, deep

I feel a poem insidewriggling within the membrane

of my soul;tiny fists beating,

beating against my being

trying to break the navel cord,crying, crying out

to be born on paperThumping

deep, so deeplyI feel a poem,

insideDon Mattera


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Crafts & Culture

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Protection of heritage inthe area

Brought communitiestogether

Conserved ecologicalenvironment

Brought people back tonature

Peoples heritage communities pride

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Historic places

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Environmental bestpractices

Design Ecological Social Economical

EnvironmentallySensitivePractices

Reduction of greenhouse

gasesIndigenous flora Water saving

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Communityparticipation andempowerment

Communityplanning indevelopment &management

Social Cohesion Environmental

EducationProgrammes

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Combine socio-economic &ecosystemmanagement

EPWP [50 jobs] Training provided Employment

Equity

Communityparticipation andempowerment

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Education Goods & services for

immediate & futuregenerations

Job opportunities SMME training

Communityparticipation and

empowerment

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Healthy Lifestyles

Leisure opportunities Health physical &

environmental Emotional & social growth

& development Eco-recreational Newexperiences

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Time is on my side

33ThenNow


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Thank You

Johannesburg City Parkswww.jhbcityparks.com

[email protected]

+27 11 712 6600@JoburgParks

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