Central City Business Association

Latest Update
Friday, 4 February 2010  6:00 p.m.

Hi everyone,

Great news - A big thanks to the City Councillors who voted in favour of extending the Two Hours Free Parking to the end of February.

I am delighted to advise some news we have all been eagerly waiting to hear. The repair work to the ground floor of the Canterbury Centre building on the corner of High and Cashel Streets has now been completed and Westpac have confirmed they are re-opening their branch on the ground floor on Monday 7 February 2011. The team at Westpac are looking forward to being closer to their customers and back in the heart of the city.

Westpac is hoping to relocate some of their other customer facing teams from their current temporary location back to the first floor of the Canterbury Centre.

In the meantime, repairs to the upper floors of the building will continue and are expected to take some months.

In addition to some of the Westpac team 'coming home' they are going to encourage staff to participate in our Boxing Day Replay on 12 February 2011, by providing incentives to all their people based in Christchurch, to come into town and support the retailers and businesses.

So, welcome home Westpac - we are pleased to have you back and appreciate your ongoing support and commitment to the wider communities in Canterbury and the heart of our city.

I am also delighted to inform you that Westpac have also taking naming sponsor for out Winning Wheel promotion. Well done and thank you for the support.

Paul Lonsdale

Central City Manager
Business Association

Promotion

I would like to thank all of you who have stepped up to support both the Boxing Day and Winning Wheel promotions. To date we have secured a huge amount of funding to support these initiatives either by sponsorship, retailer support or earthquake recovery funding assistance.

The Winning Wheel retail voucher donations are close to 20k. Well done. Remember there is still plenty of time to get in and support the winning wheel promo. Give me a call or send me an email to register your support.

The Winning Wheel - With The Breeze

We have had an initial good response to the winning wheel promotion with just on $20,000 worth of vouchers coming in. We have about a half of what we need for this promotion to really be effective so I ask that you consider the points below of what it will do for the city centre, your business and area. One precinct went around and pulled all the businesses in their area together which will give them a good representation. Make sure your area does the same and supports each other. 

• Lets people know your business is open

   

• Brings the winners into the city and to visit your store

   

• They will spend more money while in the city

   

• Raises the profile of the city centre for a six week period

   

Each business that donates a $100 voucher toward the promotion will receive $462.50 of air time which is very good value.

Ellerslie Window Competition
There is still time to put an entry into the window competition so I encourage you all to give this consideration. It is a major city event and it is important we get behind it. I have attached a newsletter with all the details.

Graffiti

Graffiti is a  four  million dollar problem in our city and word on the street is that it  might get worse as we approach the World Cup. As we approach the Rugby World Cup it will be in your interests as a business and property owner to quickly report and irradiate graffiti quickly. One city building recently hit has sustained $20,000 damage due to one graffiti event. This is becoming a major city issue.

Restorative Justice Coordinator Grant Harris from the graffiti office and he has offered to assist the city centre as much as they can. If you are a building owner and want assistance with graffiti removal they will help. The only cost to you is the supply of paint for your building but please make sure you call their office quickly so the problem does not escalate.

Grant Harris - (03) 941 6660

Restorative Justice Coordinator - Community Support Unit

grant.harris@ccc.govt.nz

Tram work restarts for 2011

Tram extension works are now moving along well and the issues raised by the lower High Street businesses have been attended to. The project management team asked if a weekly email update would sufficiently replace the weekly meeting and all attending Thursdays meeting agreed it would. The businesses asked that the update included a progress report of other works being carried out in there area including the Sewer upgrade on

The project team will keep businesses and residents up to date with progress. Please feel free to contact:

Project Manager Matt Cummins:                                (03) 941 8236 or Matt.Cummins@ccc.govt.nz

The Project Construction Manager: Kieran Shine: 027 217 6574 or Kieran.Shine@downer.co.nz

Demolitions

It is timely to update you all on the current status of the road closure around 160 Manchester Street.   After a couple of false starts, the CCC has advised me that they expect to be able to get Manchester street open to two way traffic tomorrow (Saturday).  This is subject to them being able to get the traffic lights working properly after damage was caused by the demolition.

The

The other matters of potential interest to you are the demolition of the Carnivores building at

I will let you know if there is any significant change to these plans. 

Businesses Under a Cordon and Currently closed

We have seen a few more businesses open plus you will have all noted many buildings now getting attention. We hope to see more building repairs being completed with businesses open in the weeks to follow. 

Businesses closed

• Healthy Balance

   

• Koto Cafe

   

Businesses closed

• ASB Bank                Further assessment needs to be carried out on the building

   

• Cue

   

• Whitcoulls

   

• Paper Plus

   

• Stevens  

   

• Country Road          Now Open

   

• 3 Wise Men                                Now Open at 89 Cashel Mall

   

• Roccabella

   

• Flight Centre

   

• Acquisitions

   

• Last Train To India Restaurant

   

• Café Bleu

   

• The Vault                                Now Open

   

• Trade Aid                                Now Open 

   

• Injury Solutions - have moved to
  201 Cashel Street

   

• Feet In Motion - have moved to level 1, Link Centre, High Street

   

High Street

Businesses closed

• World                                     Now Open

   

• Where The Fox Lives           Pop Up Store inside Whare on
  Lichfield Street
  .

   

• Christchurch Martial Arts    Due to open shortly

   

• Cardmakers                           Due to open shortly

   

• Stencil                                     Now Open

   

• Embassy                                  Now Open

   

Businesses closed

• OPSM                                     Now Open

   

• The Boardroom Café           Now Open

   

• Vivace Espresso Bar               Now Open

   

• Ray White commercial        Moved to  Washington Way

   

• Auto rentals                         Now able to open

   

• Arches Cafe Bar                    Now able to open

   

Businesses closed

• Honeypot Café           

   

• Mexican Cafe                 

   

• Cotura Fashions                    Moved to
  113-115 Main South Rd

   

• Apex Car rentals

   

• The Bedford                            OPEN

   

Businesses closed

• Tulsi Indian Restaurant

   

• Manee Thai Restaurant

   

• Ziggy Star

   

• Loefs Bakery                                           Building now being Demolished 

   

• Canivors                                                  Building now being Demolished

   

• Fabulousness pre loved clothing        Building now being Demolished

   

• Translation Services                              Moved to
  39 Carlton Mill Road

   

• The Bead Shop                                       Building Now Demolished

   

• Le Plonk

   

• Dick Smith                                              Expecting to open soon

   

• Canterbury Link College                      Now open

   

• Bourbon Street Bar 

   

• Mortgage Solutions                              Now able to open

   

• Beverly Studios

   

• Cokers Hotel

   

• Pit Lane Motorcycles

   

Businesses closed

• Gloucester Clinic                                   Clinic has moved to
  249 Madras Street
   but Pharmacy Now Open in current location

   

• Sampan Noodle House                         Now Open

   

• Tulsi Indian Restaurant