NOTEBOOK: Improving Ottawa’s Official Plan

NOTEBOOK: Improving Ottawa’s Official Plan

(Photo: Residents attending an Official Plan Workshop in Stittsville in October, 2019/Résidents participant à un atelier sur le Plan officiel à Stittsville en octobre 2019) La version française suit To those who wish to delay the adoption of our new Official Plan (OP)...
OCT 24: Official Plan workshop in Stittsville

OCT 24: Official Plan workshop in Stittsville

le français suit “The City should stop development until they build more roads and better transit.” “I want a grocery store close enough to home that I can walk to.” “We need to stop bulldozing so many trees and farms just to build more homes” “Why do we need so many...
NOTEBOOK: Nominations for new committee roles at City Hall

COUNCILLOR’S NOTEBOOK: The Château Laurier problem

(le français suit) The latest version of the proposed addition to the Château Laurier is better – much better – than where it started, but it’s still not inspiring us or enchanting us. The problem is that there’s nothing in our municipal planning toolbox...