Name Your Hood
This Awesome Google Map Shows You The Best Free WiFi Hotspots In Cape Town
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The cost of living is exorbitant these days, and if you have a hard time staying connected due to the cost of a good internet connection, then you should be using one of Cape Town’s many free WiFi networks. The incredible peeps at Our Hood have compiled a rather nifty navigable Google Map, which pin-points the best free WiFi spots in Cape Town.
That Area ‘Just Below Gardens Centre’ Finally Gets Its Own Name
29 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You know that area just below Gardens Centre? It isn’t really Gardens, or Oranjezicht, and it sure as hell isn’t Downtown. A few weeks ago Name Your Hood officially launched their latest campaign, the naming of Hood 8, AKA ‘That Area Just Below Gardens Centre’ in Cape Town. We’re glad to report that Hood 8 finally has a name: La Guma.
Attention Local Health Pioneers: The GOOD Pioneers of Health Challenge Is In South Africa – Enter Now
08 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
GOOD Worldwide Inc – an integrated media, thought leadership and community action platform – is offering five innovators in health the opportunity to make a worldwide impact with the Pioneers of Health quotecorner online pharmacy Challenge. The Challenge will offer exchange and collaboration to innovators who are spearheading groundbreaking health initiatives. Working with GOOD and […]
Voting For The Top 10 Shortlist Of Hood 8 Has Opened!
13 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Hood 8 is bordered by Roeland, Hatfield and Mill streets. Submissions for names have closed, and now it’s time to vote for the Top 1o shortlisted names! Voting for your favourite shortlisted name closes on 8 October 2013, with the big reveal happening on 24 October.
That Area ‘At The Top Of Roeland Street’ Finally Gets Its Own Name
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There’s only so far directions like “Near To Ferrari” or “You know Fruit & Veg City?” will get you. Finally, one of Cape Town’s hippest and fastest growing nodes is getting its own name.
Bruce Good Live On ‘Creative Mornings’ This Friday
12 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you don’t know about Name Your Hood by now, well then you haven’t been reading enough. This genius idea, created by Bruce Good basically gives people a chance to suggest names for their affiliated neighborhoods and then vote on one to stay, giving people the chance to actually identify themselves with where they live […]
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille Fully Endorses NameYourHood Initiative
16 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
In something of a coup for local neighbourhood naming campaign, NameYourHood, the organisation has received the full backing and endorsement of Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille. The Premier joins the likes of Guy Lundy (Accelerate Cape Town), Ravi Naidoo (Design Indaba), Mokena Makeka (MDL Founder), Nils Flaatten (Wesgro), Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana (Cape Town Partnership) and Mariete Du […]
New Neighbourhood Names In Action : 3-Wheels By Hallelujah Spaghetti
30 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
See this flyer below? The organisers have made use of a limited-time offer* from 2oceansvibe, which gets their flyer published on 2oceansvibe.com FOR FREE – if they use the neighbourhood name that their event is in – on the flyer. *Neighbourhood name must appear on all flyers they make for the event, digital and physical. […]
Woodstock – “Hood 7” Needs A Name – NameYourHood.co.za
27 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
People get pretty mixed up with Woodstock – with Victoria Road and Sir Lowry Road and all the rest. There’s the bit where the Biscuit Mill is and then there’s another bit where The Armoury is and Ogilvy and La Bottega bar. The suburb will always remain Woodstock but it is clear it needs to […]
Lower Portion Of Kloof Street To Get New Neighbourhood Name
14 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
With much confusion surrounding the names Kloof Street, Kloof Road and Kloof Nek Road, the lower portion of Kloof Street couldn’t be a better candidate for a new neighbourhood name. Forming part of the expansive Gardens suburb, this flurrying node of Cape Town’s city includes such popular haunts as the Mount Nelson Hotel, vida e, […]
Voting Has Begun For Hood #5!
26 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
This is a neighbourhood desperate for a name. It’s that part of Green Point which hosts a number of institutions. From vide e, Manos, and the Cape Royale hotel to Mario’s, Giovanni’s, Jade and Hudson’s Burger Joint – this is the stomping ground of many a Capetonian and tourist alike. “Green Point” is massive! It […]
It’s Time To Name Hood #5 – This Is A Big One!
12 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
What an important neighbourhood this is! The area that was catapulted into the global spotlight as the heart and soul of Cape Town’s celebrated fanwalk during the 2010 FIFA World Cup needs a name. As a sub-section of the greater Green Point suburb, this neighbourhood is jam packed with famous names. From the KFM studios […]
Minister Of Finance, Economic Development And Tourism Endorses Name Your Hood
11 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Wow! Check it out! Alan Winde, MEC, has officially endorsed the Name Your Hood project and its objective of intending to impart a sense of community cohesion and belonging. Because you know what builds a community? A common identity. And by naming the myriad un-named and vastly distinct neighborhoods in Cape Town, we can do […]
Cape Town Gets Two New Neighbourhood Names
20 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
No longer will we have to utter the words, “you know the area where Beluga / Weylandts / Waterfront Studios and Waltons are?” Because from now on we can simply say “The Foundry.” That is the name that has been given to this neat little neighbourhood which falls within the greater Green Point suburb. “The […]
How About “The Foundry” As A Name For Beluga’s Neighbourhood?
01 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
It’s voting time again at NameYourHood, and this time we are voting for the final names for neighbourhoods 3 and 4. Neighbourhood 3 is the area in which you might know the restaurant Beluga. Right next to the traffic department. Such a welcomed neighbourhood name – I personally struggle to explain to people how to […]
Today Is The Last Day To Submit Names For Neighbourhoods 3 & 4! Get In There!
26 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Today is the last day before final public voting for neighbourhoods three and four. That means you can still submit names, which will be shortlisted by the panel, for the final vote. Neighbourhood number three is a part of the greater Green Point region and includes the likes of Beluga and Trinity. The ‘hood’ has long […]
Cape Town City’s First Two Neighbourhoods Are Named – As Voting Begins For The Next Two!
11 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Little Camissa and The Loop are set to join the likes of Bokaap, Tamboerskloof and De Waterkant as names given to Cape Town’s unique neighbourhoods. The first phase of the Name Your Hood initiative concluded on Monday, 8th August, and with it two democratically named neighbourhoods were delivered from Name Your Hood. The Name Your […]
It’s Final Voting Time For The First Two Cape Town Neighbourhoods!
27 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The most exciting neighbourhood creation concept to hit South Africa, NameYourHood, is in full swing. The first two neighbourhoods under the microscope enjoyed over 400 names submitted over the last month. The NameYourHood panel painstakingly whittled that list down to 10 names per neighbourhood and now it’s time to vote! The final name chosen for […]
‘Saints’ Looking Good For New Cape Town Neighbourhood Name
18 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I was checking out the Name Your Hood website this weekend and must say, the 200+ names that have already been put forward for the the first two neighbourhoods in the project (Hood 1: the area above Saigon on Kloof Street & Hood 2: the area around Heritage Square between Buitensingle and Strand) are just […]
‘Name Your Hood’ – What’s It All About?
23 Jun 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
There is a lot of talk going on about the new ‘Name Your Hood‘ initiative, and as you may have noticed, 2oceansvibe is in full support. It is exactly what Cape Town needs to fully explore and celebrate the unique pockets of this great city. We’ve got the new transport system and fancy bridges, but […]
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