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 [...]
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 [...]
The City of Ottawa has been working with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) over the past year to develop a plan to make Lansdowne financially self-sustaining, and their revitalization plans were shared on April 20 during a meeting of the Lansdowne Stakeholder Sounding Board. In short, there are major changes being proposed in [...]
Over the past year, the Glebe Community Association partnered with the Glebe Art in the Gardens and Studio Tour group as well as the Glebe BIA and the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group to open up a community pop-up art gallery at Lansdowne where local artists have been able to display and sell their work in [...]
View/Download PDF of Letter June 30, 2021 Mayor Watson & City Council 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Dear Mayor Watson and City Councillors, RE: Lansdowne Park Partnership: Path to sustainability and next steps On behalf of the Glebe Community Association (GCA), we are writing to submit our preliminary feedback to the 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 [...]
June 23, 2021 Mr. Andrew Peck Executive Director Glebe BIA Dear Mr. Peck, RE: Support for the Social Infrastructure at Lansdowne in the Glebe project under the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative On behalf of the Glebe Community Association (GCA), I am writing to offer our support for the Social Infrastructure at Lansdowne in the Glebe [...]
With spring upon us, remediation efforts for the trees in the Plaza is underway. As I believe you are aware, some of the 32 trees located in the square have struggled to thrive and OSEG committed to undertaking a thorough review (in conjunction with the city) and to take the steps required to establish and [...]
Glebe Community Association Lansdowne Committee Update April 2021 This update will focus on the following items concerning Lansdowne Park: City’s review of Lansdowne Park Aberdeen Square Renewal project Canada Healthy Communities Initiative funding application Glebe Community Pop-Up art gallery at Lansdowne Park Next meeting of the GCA Lansdowne Committee City’s review of [...]
Calling Artists! Community Pop-Up Art Gallery at Lansdowne Late winter/spring 2021 Are you an artist with ties to the Glebe, Glebe Annex, Dow’s Lake, Old Ottawa East or Old Ottawa South? We are now accepting applications from local artists and are looking for a variety of high-quality, original artwork from painting to pottery, from glasswork [...]
