This year’s Parade of Lights happens on the evening of Saturday, December 2. It runs along Stittsville Main Street beginning at 6:00pm, starting in front of Brown’s Independent and ending at Carleton Cathcart Street.

Things to know:

• The parade is organized by the Stittsville Village Association, with lots of help from volunteers and other community groups in Stittsville.
• The Stittsville Lions will be collecting donations along the route for the Stittsville Food Bank.
• Volunteers are still needed to stand at barricades along the parade route. To sign up as a volunteer, visit: https://forms.gle/McDALqfEkfZCZLBGA or email Stittsvillevillage@gmail.com
• There’s a special tree lighting ceremony at Village Square Park after the parade, along with music from the Military Wives choir; a bonfire made by Stittsville Scouts; complimentary hot chocolate from The Salvation Army; a visit from Santa Claus who will be handing out cookies (thanks to Rachel Hammer Real Estate);  and an Elf Cafe hosted by Stittsville Market at The Barn and Holmespun Ice Cream.
• Road closure: Stittsville Main Street from Hazeldean Road to Carleton Cathcart, and all intersections, accesses and driveways onto Stittsville Main Street between those two roads will be closed from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 2, 2023.
• More information: www.stittsvilleva.com

Keywords: Stittsville Christmas Parade, Santa Clause Parade

Le Défilé des lumières de Noël aura lieu cette fin de semaine!

Cette année, le défilé aura lieu dans la soirée du samedi 2 décembre. Le défilé se déroule le long de la rue Stittsville Main à compter de 18 heures, en commençant devant le magasin Brown’s Independent et en se terminant à la rue Carleton Cathcart.

Ce qu’il faut savoir :

• Le défilé est organisé par l’Association du village de Stittsville, avec l’aide de nombreux bénévoles et d’autres groupes communautaires de Stittsville.
• Les Lions de Stittsville recueilleront des dons le long du parcours pour la banque alimentaire Stittsville Food Bank.
• On recherche encore des bénévoles pour tenir les barricades le long du parcours du défilé. Pour vous inscrire comme bénévole, visitez le site : https://forms.gle/McDALqfEkfZCZLBGA ou envoyez un courriel à Stittsvillevillage@gmail.com
• Après le défilé, il y aura une cérémonie spéciale d’illumination des arbres au parc Village Square, avec de la musique de la Chorale des épouses militaires, un feu de joie des scouts de Stittsville, du chocolat chaud gratuit de l’Armée du Salut, une visite du père Noël qui distribuera des biscuits (grâce à Rachel Hammer Real Estate), et un café des lutins organisé par le Marché de Stillsville à The Barn et Holmespun Ice Cream.
• Fermature des rues: La rue de Stitsville Main et toutes les intersections, tous les accès et toutes les allées de la rue Hazeldean jusqu’à la rue Orville seront fermées le samedi, 2 décembre entre 17h30 et 20h30.
• Pour en savoir plus: www.stittsvilleva.com

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On the weekend, I heard from residents with questions about a road opening between Parade and Hartsmere, and asked the development inspector in our area to look into it.  Here’s what we know.

• The road is only open temporarily, due to construction work (curb construction) that the builder is doing for the future road connection.
• Barriers will be going back up after this work is complete, likely in the next few days.
• There’s a condition in the subdivision agreement that the connecting roads are to remain closed between Hartsmere Drive and Parade Drive until such time that Parade Way/Hickstead Way is connected to Fernbank Road through the future subdivision (Edenwylde) located to the east.  That road project will likely be finished this summer.

Even if it was only temporary – I’m disappointed that there was no advance communication to residents, and that the road connection has been left open without proper signage like stop signs, etc. Thanks to residents who brought this to my attention.

MISE À JOUR : Voies de raccordement entre les promenades Parade et Hartsmere

Durant la fin de semaine, j’ai reçu des questions de résidents concernant l’ouverture d’une voie entre les promenades Parade et Hartsmere, que j’ai transmises à notre inspecteur de l’aménagement. Voici ce que nous savons :

• La voie n’est ouverte que temporairement, à cause des travaux (construction de bordures)qu’effectue l’entrepreneur en vue de l’aménagement de la nouvelle voie de raccordement.
• Les barrières seront remises en place après les travaux, probablement dans les prochains jours.
• L’accord de lotissement stipule que les voies de raccordement entre les promenades Hartsmere et Parade doivent demeurer fermées jusqu’à l’ouverture de celle entre la promenade Parade/la voie Hickstead et le chemin Fernbank, qui traversera le futur lotissement (Edenwylde) situé à l’est. Ce second projet devrait se terminer cet été.

Même si ce n’est que temporaire, je suis déçu qu’aucun avis aux résidents n’ait été émis à l’avance et que la voie de raccordement ait été laissée ouverte sans la signalisation appropriée(panneaux d’arrêt et autres). Merci aux résidents qui m’ont signalé le problème.

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I rode on the City of Ottawa parade float and was very excited to be joined by two community champions: Tysen Lefebvre (he recently surpassed his fundraising goal of $1-million for Make-A-Wish ) and Jack Fan, a medalist in the Special Olympics.

-GG.

So happy to have Tysen Lefebvre @TysensMission join us on the parade float tonight. Hard to believe this was his first parade! #Stittsville pic.twitter.com/ERGT9oYslo

— Glen Gower 🇨🇦 (@glengower) December 2, 2018

With Jack Fan (Special Olympics medalist in figure skating) and @JimWatsonOttawa at tonight's #Stittsville parade of lights. pic.twitter.com/5wITvGxFFr

— Glen Gower 🇨🇦 (@glengower) December 2, 2018

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Organized by the Stittsville Village Association, the parade draws thousands of spectators to Stittsville Main Street. Each year, dozens of beautifully decorated community floats set the tone for Santa’s much anticipated arrival at the end of the parade.

The parade will proceed along its usual route south on Stittsville Main Street, from just south of Hazeldean Road to Carleton Cathcart Street. There is no fee to register, however all participants are asked to consider a donation to the Stittsville Village Association to help us continue bringing events like the parade to the community.

Stittsville Main Street will be closed from approximately 5:45pm-8:00pm between Hazeldean Road and the Carleton Cathcart (near the library).

Afterwards, you can gather for the tree lighting at Village Square Park, check out the new Christmas Market (5 pm to 9 pm), and share in some hot chocolate, cookies, and a visit with Santa. In the spirit of the season, the Lions Club will be collecting donations for the Stittsville Food Bank, and volunteers from the Stocking Project will be collecting new gift items for families in our community.

For more information click here.

(photo by Barry Gray)

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