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We need more room to move and play in a denser city Wit h t h e Cit y of Hall may be, by the end of this decade it will Ottawa’s intensificabe wholly insufficient tion policies gradually for the fastest growing translating into higher community in Capital population density, it is Ward, which perhaps essential that we invest may be the fastest growin the kinds of infrastructure and institutions ing community in the that residents expect in city. OOE needs a true a livable city. Schools, community centre on libraries, health care the same scale as the Councillor and public transit come Glebe’s for recreational David Chernushenko immediately to mind. purposes, public events www.capitalward.ca and gatherings, and E qua l ly i mpor t a nt potentially to house the though is an adequate Sandy Hill Community Health Centre’s and diverse supply of places to play and gather. These can be formal, such local services. as community centres, pools, arenas We are talking with a number of and sports fields, or informal, such as community partners and the Regional greenspaces, play structures, multi-use Group, which is developing Greystone pathways and riverside parkland. Village in the heart of the neighbourThere is a lot of movement in Capital hood. I hope this will lead to the Ward in response to this growing need. repurposing of part of the historic In fact, this is a time of considerable Deschâtelets building. What a win it turnover, growth and long-term planwould be to transform it for communning. While expected changes to public ity uses and make it a showcase for spaces in the Glebe may seem relatively green building! minor, improvements anywhere in the ward provide benefits beyond their Grande Allée Park immediate neighbourhoods. The OOE central boulevard from Main Street to the Deschâtelets buildPark upgrades ing will become Grande Allée Park. A A series of upgrades to existing parks multi-year consultation and planning and greenspace is planned for 2017 exercise led to a design with a range and 2018, including these in the Glebe of passive and active park spaces and and Glebe Annex: the formal dedicagathering places. Plans should be tion of a “Fire Station Park” adjacent finalized in the coming year. to the fire station on Fifth Avenue at O’Connor Street, with modest physical Pathways changes; upgrades and equipment Construction starts this year on the replacement at Dalhousie South Park in multi-use pathway along the western the Glebe Annex; and lighting replaceshore of the Rideau River between ment in Central Park East. the Lees transit station and Brantwood Park. Improvements will also be Brewer Park made to the Windsor Park pathway. Though Brewer Park is in Old There have been discussions on how Ottawa South, it is frequently use by the river shore property adjacent to Glebe residents who make used of the Greystone Village might be acquired rink, pool, fields and ball diamonds. by the city and made into parkland to Over the next 5 to 15 years, we can complete a continuous string of parks expect to see increased activity in from Sandy Hill to Bank Street. This some parts of the park resulting from would require a series of environchanging demographics and shifts in mental studies and management plans. the popularity of certain sports and I will continue working toward this activities; older facilities reaching the outcome. end of their viable life, meaning either major renovation expenses or taking Heron Park Community Centre a “clean slate” approach; and a strong Heron Park has been making do community desire to reduce the use of with a 1960s cinder-block field house land for driving through and parking as its community building for the on parkland and consolidating those entire lifetime of most local resiareas for use as parkland. dents. The field house is limited in An initial public meeting in March its uses, undersized for the needs of marked the start of a multi-year the users and is due to be replaced by a proper, if small, community centre. process of listening, planning, seekT he city is moving for wa rd ing funding and then implementing whatever changes are agreed upon by with plans to demolish the buildcouncil. Apart from perhaps the shorting, remove contaminated soil and term replacement of the dilapidated build a new facility thanks to a fedskate change building, the time frame eral grant recently announced by is medium-term to long-term. We can Ottawa South MP David McGuinty. imagine a considerable increase in the I’m working with the community on amount of greenspace available for a design for a building that is flexfields and a highly functional, multiible in its uses, bright and showcases sport complex in the northwest corner energy-efficient and healthy buildof the site. The future of the speed ing features. The right “net zero skating oval will also be considered. energy” design would qualify for additional funding that would allow Old Ottawa East (OOE) for construction of a larger and more Community Centre complex building than the current Quaint and cozy as the Old Town budget allows. 613-580-2487
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