The following are letters the GCA recently wrote to various levels of government to address community health and safety issues raised in recent meetings. GCA Letter_Federal Government_Emergency Shelters_Dec 2023 GCA Letter_Mayor Sutcliffe_Affordable Housing_Dec 6, 2023 GCA Letter_Mayor Sutcliffe_Needle Cleanup_Dec 12, 2023 A resource/poster jointly developed by the GCA, BIA and GNAG in response to [...]
Bronson & Carling proposed development- have you say! Proposal is going to Planning and Housing Committee next week. Submit comments to kelly.crozier@ottawa.ca by Nov 14 at 4:00pm. Link to proposal
October 29, 2023 Dear Mayor and Councillors Re: Joint FCSC-PHC Meeting of Nov 2, 2023—Lansdowne 2.0 I am writing on behalf of the Glebe Community Association (GCA) to urge you to vote ‘no’ to the omnibus Lansdowne recommendations before you. Specifically, we urge you to reject the redevelopment plans and to defer decisions [...]
Subject: Press Release: Lansdowne 2.0 financials and need for greater transparency around costs and risks Please find enclosed a Press Release related to Lansdowne 2.0 which goes to Joint Committee on Nov. 2nd of next week. Note that late today, the City released the 2023 Lansdowne Annual Report (for year ending March 31st, 2023), i.e. almost [...]
UPDATED Fact Check for Councillors: Lansdowne 2.0 is the most expensive project you are being asked to vote on in this term of Council. Lansdowne 2.0: Half a billion dollars of City spending At the end of the day, Lansdowne 2.0 is likely to cost the City at least $500M. The $419.1M for the [...]
Lansdowne 2.0: Renewed call for transparency with less than 6 weeks to go Letter to Mayor RE Lansdowne 2.0
Summary of the Lansdowne Open House On June 19, the Glebe Community Association hosted an Open House at St. Giles Church from 4-8pm on the future of Lansdowne Park. The goal was to provide residents in the Glebe the opportunity to view the scaled model of the City’s and OSEG’s proposed Lansdowne 2.0. redevelopment, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]