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12 Glebe Report December 8, 2017
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Help name the new canal bridge Hall, 110 Laurier Ave I am pondering an W., Ottawa, ON K1P impor ta nt question 1J1. In addition to your as construction consuggestion, you should tinues on schedule on explain in 250 words the “Fifth-Clegg Footor less why it’s an bridge:” What should appropriate name. The we na me t he new deadline for submisRideau Canal crossing sions is March 1, 2018. that will connect the Councillor Here are a few quesGlebe to Old Ottawa David Chernushenko tions to consider: What East and Old Ottawa www.capitalward.ca South? is the significance or To o o f t e n , n e w relationship of the historical event, person or place to the bridges, parks and other facilities bridge? If you are nominating an outdon’t get an official name until they standing individual, how did this open, which can lead to confusion person serve and support the local and a lost opportunity. To this day, community? How did they demonthe people who speak of the “Somstrate commitment to equity, inclusion, erset bridge” seem to far outnumber justice or reconciliation? those who call the downtown crossing by its official name: the Corktown Once the nomination period has Footbridge. closed, the City of Ottawa will review The pedestrian and bike crossing all submissions to ensure they comwas named for the Somerset-area ply with the regulations. The name shantytown where many Irish labourproposed should engender a positive ers lived during the digging of the image for the community and city. Rideau Canal. The neighbourhood, Names that are discriminatory or dismantled in the 1850s after the derogatory, that are currently in use canal was completed and the labourby the City of Ottawa, or that comers gone, was so named because many mercialize the bridge will not be of its residents immigrated to Canada considered. No, Bridgey McBridgeface is not elifrom County Cork, Ireland. The Corktown Footbridge is a great gible, regardless of how many people name, recalling an important part of support it! Ottawa’s past and its people. It’s just A shortlist of all vetted and eligible too bad it was chosen months after the names will be deliberated and voted bridge opened. As a result, few people on by a Naming Committee of eight use the proper name or even know members, chaired by me and comabout that chapter of our local history. prised of: With the new footbridge sched• one representative from each uled for completion in the summer of of the three neighbouring com2019, we need to start thinking about munity associations (Glebe. Old a name now to ensure it’s not anonymOttawa East and Old Ottawa ous when it opens. South) The residents of Capital Ward • one member of the public from each of those same communities, can surely think of many deserving names, whether historical, cultural or nominated by their respective sports-related, perhaps geographic or community associations; please even political. But no sitting politician contact yours if you are interested is eligible, so that rules out a whole • one representative of the mayor’s batch of hopefuls! office. Choosing a name for a signifiOnce a preferred name is chosen, it cant project in such a visible location will be brought forward to City Counwon’t be easy, but it needn’t be too cil for formal approval – in time, we hard either. Ottawa’s most recent foot hope, for the bridge’s anticipated and cycling bridge, connecting Sandy opening in 2019. Hill with Overbrook across the Rideau I am excited to see your suggestions River, was named the Adawe Crossand to read the stories behind each of ing – Adawe means “to trade” in the them. No doubt some ideas will be Algonquin language. The name, like passionately defended and others pasthe bridge itself, was well received not sionately criticized. Regardless of the least because it was chosen through a final choice, this is a chance to look back on the history of this particular very public process. It seems smart, then, to follow a site and its place in the fabric of adjasimilar process to name “our” bridge. cent communities. The first step is asking the residents of In addition to announcing the winOttawa and the Algonquins of Ontario ner, I intend to share some of the ideas to submit their suggestions. You can submitted, because this naming procomplete the form at capitalward.ca/ cess will be a great way to think about bridgename, or mail your submission who we are, where we came from and the old-fashioned way to: Councillor what we value as a community. David Chernushenko, Ottawa City Let the names begin!
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