Lansdowne Park remains a potential crown jewel of Canada’s capital if planned right locally. This past year, the GCA Parks Committee engaged in the GCA’s effort to advocate that the Lansdowne 2.0 plan not go forward until parkland deficit issues were addressed, participating in October’s Let’s Talk Lansdowne, and preparing a brief in aid of [...]
After a decade of advocacy by the GCA, and again with thanks to Councillor Menard and his predecessors, the City has created this park with a senior citizen-focus. Stay tuned for adult exercise equipment in this and other parks to promote physical and mental well-being. Since 2020, the Parks Committee has pressed the City to [...]
The GCA is excited about any opportunity to increase urban park space and improve seamless active transportation routes downtown. The Glebe is far below the City's parkland standard of 2 hectares per 1000 population; global warming (and burning) demands action on clean transportation alternatives. The Bronson/Chamberlain construction project presents an opportunity to do both. Motions [...]
Part of the City of Ottawa’s Spring Cleaning the Capital programme Helping to Keep Glebe Parks Safe, Clean, Green, and Fun! What and Where: The Glebe Community Association’s annual park clean-ups, part of the City of Ottawa’s Spring Cleaning the Capital programme, at each of our neighborhood’s thirteen beautiful City parks. When: Saturday, May 4, [...]
In April 2023, GCA endorsed the position of the GCA Parks Committee that Lansdowne 2.0 not go forward until significant parkland deficit issues are addressed. The Glebe is deemed by the City to be deficient in parkland for its existing population (the current parkland standard of 2 ha per 1000 population and Glebe’s 13,000 [...]
Ottawa prides itself internationally as being a winter city. A winter city should provide its citizens and visitors with the opportunity to access and enjoy its parks year-round. In Ottawa, this is not always the case. For example, Central Park West and East from Bank Street represent approximately one third of the Glebe’s park space [...]
Happy spring everyone! The Glebe Community Association’s annual park clean-ups, part of the City of Ottawa’s Spring Cleaning the Capital programme, are underway, most taking place this year on Saturday, May 13 starting at 10:00 a.m. (pouring rain date: Sunday, May 14). These events have always been great opportunities for neighbours to gather for some [...]
In recent months the GCA Parks Committee has been engaged with neighbours concerned with vehicular parking by film production crews and staging of off-duty/“base-camp” film crews. These residents have also met with Councillor Menard's office and have been pleased with the response they have received. On January 24, 2023 the GCA Board passed a [...]
The GCA Parks Committee has had several meetings over the last few months where, at the request of neighbours of Brown’s Inlet Park, we have heard about their concerns about protecting the park’s long-term health, usability, and culture. At the December Parks Committee meeting, neighbours came together again and, with collaboration from the community [...]
Following up on the GCA Parks Committee recommendation made in June 2021 to the city’s public consultation on the parkette at 635 O’Connor Street at Fifth Avenue next to Fire Station Number 12 in the Glebe, along with efforts to proceed with such engagement at the community level (see October, 2022 Parks Committee Report below), [...]