In April, the GCA Parks Committee reported to the GCA Board the committee’s majority position opposing on principle any permanent or seasonal commercial project in City-owned or NCC-owned Glebe parks, including the proposed Bistro at Patterson Creek Park, subject to a full and extensive engagement in meaningful consultation by the City and/or the NCC with the community at any and every stage of their consideration of such proposals.
We also reported our committee’s recognition of opinion in the community supporting the proposed Bistro at Patterson Creek Park that draws a distinction between the sanctity of our relatively scarce city-owned parks space and NCC lands governed by a broader national, tourist-oriented mandate of “animation” that differs from our committee’s view of local park space protection.