Letter to Mayor about Lansdowne
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Lansdowne 2.0: Minimizing Urban Sprawl Through Densification while Preserving and Enhancing Urban Parkland and Greenspace.
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 [...]
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 [...]