A letter reviewing and responding to the City of Ottawa’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law (CZBL) first draft from Carolyn Mackenzie, Chair, Planning Committee, Glebe Community Association
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 [...]
175 Third Avenue Ottawa, K1S 2K2 September 14, 2023 Krishon Walker City Planner City of Ottawa Re: Comments regarding proposed OPA and Rezoning of Lansdowne Park I am writing on behalf of the Glebe Community Association to provide comments on the proposed rezoning and official plan amendments for 945 and 1015 Bank Street. These [...]
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, [...]
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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 [...]