Letter to Mayor about Lansdowne
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Caring for your planet
Opportunities to care for your planet this month include: • Join Seniors for Climate Action Now and others for a rally starting in Major’s Hill Park on Saturday June 3rd at Noon, to protest the against the Ford Government’s ‘Climate Crimes’. Learn more about the Enough Is Enough rally. • Celebrate the Glebe Report’s 50th [...]
Automatic tree planting for city-owned land in front of residential properties.
Approved Motion 2023-05-23 Motion regarding a request to the City of Ottawa to implement automatic tree planting for city-owned land in front of residential properties. Whereas the City of Ottawa has declared a climate emergency1 and has adopted an ambitious Climate change master plan1 that recognizes the value of green infrastructure [...]
Lansdowne Park 2.0 Press release
Lansdowne Park 2.0: Community Stakeholders call for informed and meaningful Public Consultations before new Council makes any further decisions Mayor Sutcliffe and his new Council are facing hard decisions over the future of Lansdowne Park. OSEG (Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group) wants a new deal with the city. The City is being asked to [...]
Lansdowne Update
At the end of January, the GCA was invited to participate in a public meeting on the future of Lansdowne Park hosted by a community organization called Parkways for People. Carolyn Mackenzie (GCA Planning Chair) participated in this meeting with Councillor Menard that focused on desired outcomes of the future of Lansdowne Park and ways [...]
Lansdowne Park: $330 million additional taxpayer funds proposed
Last July, City Council directed staff and the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) to come up with a proposal to make Lansdowne more financially sustainable. This proposal, which was only made public on April 27, calls for an additional $330 million in taxpayer funds. It includes major changes to the site that will significantly [...]
Occupation of Downtown Ottawa
Dear Mayor Watson, Councillor Menard and Councillor Deans; Joel Harden, MPP and Premier Ford; Yasir Naqvi, MP and Prime Minister Trudeau, I am writing today to express the concern of the Glebe Community Association (GCA) with the ongoing occupation and protest in downtown Ottawa. The GCA is a volunteer, non-profit, membership-based, and City-recognized organization advocating [...]
Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus Project
Download PDF The Honourable Steven Guilbeault Fontaine Building 12th floor 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 Dear Minister Guilbeault, I am writing on behalf of the Glebe Community Association in Ottawa in support of the request that you designate the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus Project under subsection 9(1) of the Impact Assessment Act. I [...]
Major changes ahead for Lansdowne?
Major changes ahead for Lansdowne? The City of Ottawa has just released a report proposing major changes for Lansdowne. The proposals include demolishing the Civic Centre arena and the north side stands of the stadium and replacing them with brand new facilities. Housing may be constructed on on top of the sports facility—probably in the [...]
RE: Proposal to remove 680 trees at the new campus of The Ottawa Hospital
View PDF: GCA Letter_Tree Removal TOH new campus_June 25 2021 On behalf of the Glebe Community Association (GCA), I am writing to urge you to reject the proposed design for the new campus of The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) which would eliminate 680 living trees on the site and to require a revised proposal that would [...]