Chair, GCA Parks Committee

About Angus McCabe

Angus McCabe is a board member of the Glebe Community Association and Chair of the GCA Parks Committee. He has lived and raised a family in the Glebe since 1998. He was a coach with the Ottawa Centre District Hockey Association from 2005 to 2016 and has taught at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in downtown Ottawa since 2000. He graduated from Princeton University in 1992 and holds a Masters degree in History from Carleton University.

March, 2021: Progress on proposed Park at corner of Fifth and O’Connor (next to the Firehall)

Members of the Parks Committee met in March with staff from Councillor Menard’s office and the City of Ottawa for a discussion of next steps for the Park. Park design is now underway at the city, taking into account ideas articulated by the committee and the community at various opportunities over the years since 2013 [...]

2022-02-08T18:31:53-05:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|0 Comments

March, 2021: Drawing a Line in the “Grass”: Parks Committee’s opposition to permanent or seasonal commercialization in City-owned Glebe Parks subject to meaningful consultation on proposals for all Glebe Parks

In March, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee motion designed to help protect City-owned parks from permanent or seasonal commercialization and urging meaningful consultation for any such proposed projects. A second motion, also passed by the Board, reiterated this same call for NCC-owned parks in the Glebe, in particular concerning the proposed Bistro at [...]

2022-02-08T18:31:53-05:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|0 Comments

December, 2020: Applauding Councillor’s Renewal of Ward Council, Transparency on allocation, tracking and annual reporting on Cash-in-lieu of Parkland Funding

The Ward Council will help provide for the kind of transparency with regards to discretionary spending called for by the GCA in its passage of Recommendation 5b) of the GCA Evergreen Parks Plan: that the City of Ottawa and the Capital Ward Councillor should develop a protocol for the allocation, tracking and annual reporting on [...]

2021-07-22T16:42:30-04:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|0 Comments

November, 2020: Chamberlain Realignment – Urging Cooperation Between the City and the MTO on Highway 417 Bronson Avenue Interchange and Operational Improvements, Detail Design: Envisioning Expansion of Glebe Memorial Park and Addition of Multi-Use Pathway (MUP) on South Side of Chamberlain Avenue

In November, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee Motion which called upon the MTO and the City of Ottawa for a commitment that they actively and transparently consult each other and the affected communities (Glebe and Glebe Annex) on aspects of the Highway 417 Bronson Avenue Interchange and Operational Improvements, Detail Design plan. The [...]

2021-07-22T20:22:24-04:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|0 Comments

October, 2020: Working for Sound Barriers and More Green Space in the Chamberlain Corridor

Through its motion, approved by the GCA Board in October, the Parks Committee backed the GCA’s continued efforts to work for new and replacement sound barriers on both sides of the Queensway as part of improvements to the 417. This same motion pushed for related provincial and city budget considerations for well designed green spaces [...]

2021-07-22T20:26:38-04:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|0 Comments

Central Park Lighting Update

From 2005-07 the City undertook infrastructure renewal of Central Park west of Bank St (CPW). Comparable work was not undertaken for Central Park East (CPE). The community using and surrounding the park has been actively seeking infrastructure renewal for CPE since 2010. Volunteers from the GCA and a community-led Friends of CPE group have engaged [...]

2017-11-25T13:54:18-05:00July 29th, 2017|Parks|0 Comments
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