Please find attached the GCA Heritage Committee’s response to the draft Phase III: Central Park/Clemow Estate East Heritage Study provided to the Committee in March 2019. In addition this response includes a request that the city consider a new Phase IV of the study. Central Park West_Clemora Estate Phase II Letter Johanna Persohn Co-Chair, GCA [...]
On June 20, 2019, the City of Ottawa held an open house to share the preliminary findings from the Bank Street Height and Character Study. The GCA worked with Councillor Shawn Menard to offer a joint response. Bank Street Height and Character Study Concerns - 19 July 2019 Link to preliminary findings
Letter from the GCA to the OCDSB following our Mutchmor rink meeting: GCA Letter - Mutchmor Rink - June 2019 The following is the response from the school board: Good morning Sorry for the delay in responding to your email. Let me begin by thanking you for the manner in which the meeting we conducted. [...]
The following is a letter from the Glebe Community Association regarding the Patterson Creek Bistro GCA Letter - Patterson Bistro - July 2019
Waste Watch Ottawa, Ecology Ottawa, Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES), Glebe Community Association Task Force on Single-Use Plastics “City of Ottawa, stop promoting plastics in the green bin!” urges coalition of Ottawa community associations and environmental groups Ottawa, April 15, 2019 While the Federal and Provincial Governments are developing a Canada-wide strategy on zero [...]
Please see attached letter from the Glebe and Glebe Annex Community Associations and the Dow's Lake Residents' Association regarding Standing Committee membership. GCA GACA and DLRA letter to Mayor re standing committee representation - January 2019
Formal letter from the GCA persuant to the November 2018 board meeting and our motion to endorse the CAFES recommendations for the new Term of Council Priorities and strategic initiatives. An additional point was added by GCA regarding the importance of Parks maintenance and management. Click here to view PDF
There have recently been some communications from the city bout traffic speeds in the Glebe which may have led residents to believe that the GCA was arbitrarily determining speed limits for various streets. This is not the case. In fact, Ottawa City Council approved an overall speed reduction to 40 km for the entire Glebe-Dow’s [...]
Dear Mayor and Councillors, The Glebe Community Association, as members of the Federation of Citizens' Associations of Ottawa (FCA), is writing to offer its support for the FCA position related to the proposed 65 story building to be constructed at 900 Albert St. We are members of the Federation of Community Association and support the FCA position and [...]
In early November, the City of Ottawa released its draft budget for 2018. The GCA Environment Committee has been urging the City to make serious commitments to renewable energy in our city. With partners in the Community Associations Forum on Environmental Sustainability (CAFES), a group of likeminded associations, we issued a news release expressing concern [...]