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Business FocusMandela Bay Development Agency
INTRODUCTION:
The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) is a municipal entity of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) and was established in 2003 to spearhead urban renewal and economic revitalisation in the inner city of Port Elizabeth. The city has over the past 15 to 20 years experienced urban decay and economic decline and the NMBM, together with the Industrial Development Corporation introduced the agency concept as a business and a development arm of the NMBM with a specific mandate to project manage regeneration and reinvention of the inner city, with a view to promoting economic and tourism development for the benefit of the entire Metro.
The MBDA must therefore initiate, promote and manage private andpublic economic, social, cultural, environmental and infrastructure programs, hereby transforming its designated Mandate Area into a growth point in the Metro.
THE STRATEGIC SPATIAL AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK: (SSIF)
As its first priority the MBDA announced a proposal call for thepreparation of a "Master Plan" for the Mandate Area. The aim of the study was to develop a SSIF that could be used to guide all development within the Mandate Area. This document is an operational and financially linked programme to facilitate, guide and orchestrate redevelopment andnew development within the Mandate Area.The aspects of the study include the status quo (Market analysis, Traffic and Transport, the Spatial Development Framework for the NMBM, Zoning, Spatial Planning Policies, Land Ownership, Precincts and Sports, Heritage, Arts and Culture, National Ports Authority master plan), a vision and concept for the Mandate Area, the identification of a number of priority projects, a summary review of these projects, identification of the role of the MBDA, a 5 year implementation plan and a summary of the conclusions.
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