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Siglo XXI: the city’s regenerator

Article - January 30, 2013
Since 2001, this foundation has completely transformed Guayaquil with its urban projects and turned the city into an international tourism destination on the same level as Quito and Cuenca
MAURO PEREZ AND WILFRIDO MATAMOROS, GUAYAQUIL FOUNDATION
Fundación Guayaquil Siglo XXI (the Guayaquil Century XXI Foundation) – headed by General Manager Wilfrido Matamoros, engineer, and President Mauro Pérez, architect – is mandated with carrying out the city’s urban and rural regeneration projects dictated by the City Council, either directly or by subcontracting work out to individuals or other parties. The execution of the processes can be done by hiring professionals in engineering, architecture or construction, etc., or legal entities such as companies, associations, foundations, corporations, etc. 
 
The Foundation began operating in 2001, thanks to the involvement of two figures: the then-mayor and former president of Ecuador, León Febres Cordero, and Jaime Nebot Saadi, former representative of Guayas and the Mayor of Guayaquil since 2000.
 
“Mayor Nebot is a visionary who had the idea of regenerating the city and finished part of the esplanade. However he also conceived a project that is, for me, the most important urban regeneration project: Cerro Santa Ana (Santa Ana Hill). That area used to be a dive that the police couldn’t even enter. Mayor Nebot transformed it into what it is today: a city icon whose image of the lighthouse and the hill is recognized around the world,” explains Pérez. 
 
Since then, Guayaquil has witnessed a great urban transformation that has positively affected the city’s international image and tourism potential. “Before this was just a place you passed through, and now I can proudly say that has changed. Now this is a mandatory stop; we have spectacular domestic and foreign tourism figures, on par with conditions in Quito and Cuenca,” says Matamoros. 
 
The urban regeneration process undertaken by the Siglo XXI Foundation has comprised, on one hand, the reconstruction, remodeling, transformation and improvement of many public municipal assets, such as streets, lanes, gardens, etc. On the other hand, the Foundation has improved and transformed private properties, through city management works on façades, columns, doorways, etc., that aim to renovate and revitalize their architectural and aesthetic value. Other actions include the fencing off of lots that are empty or in disrepair. 
 
There are already hundreds of ongoing and finished projects, including the aforementioned Santa Ana Hill, as well as other major improvements, such as Cerro del Carmen (Carmen Hill), and the Malecón de El Salado (El Salado Esplanade), etc. 

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