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Removing Alta Vista corridor fromTransporation Master Plan

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:34 A campaign led by a group associated with Carleton University, and a separate one sponsored by Councillor Menard, have been launched to remove from the Transportation Master Plan a proposed new road through AltaVista greenspace. This is a very old proposal (it was one of the triggers for the founding of the Greenspace Alliance in 1997) that will just not die. We agreed to support

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

New legislation to protect Gatineau Park

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:34 We have learned that a bill to protect Gatineau Park has been introduced in the Senate. Quebec Senator Rosa Galvez, supported by Pontiac Liberal MP Sophie Chatel, introduced a Bill S-289 to further protect Gatineau Park and strengthen collaboration with the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation. While this is good news, members were skeptical as to whether this would lead to any real change as many similar

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

GA submission on NCC parkways planning and design guidelines

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:33 The GA provided a detailed submission to the NCC’s request for feedback to the draft Parkways Planning and Design Guidelines they published. Many thanks to member Arto Keklikian for his diligence in preparing this response.

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

New threat to the Central Experimental Farm

The City of Ottawa’s Planning and Housing Committee approved an application to build two high-rise towers adjacent to the Central Experimental Farm, despite the clear message from Agriculture Canada that it will cause irreparable harm to the CEF. But it is not over yet. The issue will go to full Council for final approval on Wednesday September 27. We are organizing a letter writing campaign ahead of the meeting. See

Erwin Dreessen September 25, 2023 June 24, 2024

Development Proposal at 1081 Carling Avenue

New updated content: 2023-07-31 12:25:48 A development application for two apartment towers at the corner of Parkdale and Carling Avenue, immediately adjacent to the Central Experimental Farm, has come to our attention. The shading they would produce would render unusable a large section of research fields on the Central Experimental Farm. The whole point of Protecting the Farm during the Ottawa Hospital siting controversy was to preserve the research fields,

Paul Johanis July 31, 2023 August 30, 2024

The Campus Engagement Group

Following the decision on the location of the new hospital, the Ottawa Hospital adopted a new approach and established a new body for public engagement, the Campus Engagement Group. The Greenspace Alliance was invited to be part of this group, along with other members of the Protect the Farm Coalition, as well as local community associations and patient and family advocacy groups. The Chair of the Alliance was selected to

Erwin Dreessen November 20, 2021 June 24, 2024

Planning the New Hospital (2)

May 2021 The design for the new Civic hospital has been revealed, an event that was widely covered in the media. It was presented to Ottawa’s Finance and Economic Development Committee on May 4, 2021. Remarkably, two letters to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen continue to decry the choice of location instead of Field No. 1. June-July 2021 On June 29, the City held a 2-hour consultation session on

DevAdmin October 5, 2021 June 24, 2024

Brian Coburn extension

New updated content: 2021-08-23 08:57:12 The GA has submitted its comments on the extension of this roadway, opposing City staff’s preferred route on the basis that it would remove greenspace in close proximity to the Mer Bleue Bog and supporting instead a route further north that follows the existing right of way of the Blackburn Hamlet bypass. New updated content: 2022-02-21 09:15:11 Brian Coburn extension: The Environmental Impact Study for

Paul Johanis August 23, 2021 August 30, 2024

Hunt Club Pine Plantation

New updated content: 2021-06-21 15:25:07 Red Pine Plantation, Hunt Club Rd. In early June, community members reached out to the GA for help in opposing a development that would cut down 1.57 ha of a red pine plantation to make way for a parking and car storage lot for a BMW dealership. Members agreed to support the request and made many useful suggestions for how to respond, which were included

Erwin Dreessen July 19, 2021 August 30, 2024

Proposed Embassy Row on SJAM

The National Capital Commission (NCC) has filed for an Official Plan amendment to allow for the creation of a diplomatic precinct along the Ottawa River. The subject lands, located at Slidell Street and the Sir John A. McDonald Parkway, are next to the Mechanicsville neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward. The lands are zoned by the City of Ottawa as greenspace (O1 Parks and Open Space) and are actively used by the

Erwin Dreessen February 25, 2021 June 24, 2024

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Removing Alta Vista corridor fromTransporation Master Plan

New legislation to protect Gatineau Park

GA submission on NCC parkways planning and design guidelines

New threat to the Central Experimental Farm

Development Proposal at 1081 Carling Avenue

The Campus Engagement Group

Planning the New Hospital (2)

Brian Coburn extension

Hunt Club Pine Plantation

Proposed Embassy Row on SJAM

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