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Ottawa – The City of Ottawa and GLAD are pleased to announce that early bird registration is open for the GLAD Cleaning the Capital campaign, which will take place from April 15 to May 15. Registration is quick and easy: Visit ottawa.ca/clean, or call 3-1-1 (TTY:...

A second community open-house has been organized for Monday, March 19, 2018 between 6:30-8:30pm at the RA Centre located at 2451 Riverside Drive, for those who are unable to attend the event on March 7.   For more information on this project, visit https://hardrockottawa.wpengine.com/. Information on the Zoning...

The City of Ottawa is proud to present Doors Open Ottawa (DOO). On June 2 and 3, more than 150 of the city’s historically, culturally, and functionally significant buildings will open their doors for free public viewing. Each year, the City helps connect participating buildings with...

Canoe Bay Development (3071 Riverside Drive) On Tuesday, February 27, City Planning Committee voted in favour of the development proposal for 3071 Riverside Drive. The development will consist of one and two storey townhomes on the north and east side of the property, six storey apartments...

Over the past several months the City of Ottawa has been developing the Merivale Road (North) Community Design Plan. After multiple public meetings and significant feedback received from local residents, business owners, and the Carlington Community Association, City staff have released a draft copy for...

As part of the Dynes Road and Prince of Wales Drive road, sewer, and watermain construction project, the contractor will be closing Sanford Avenue at Prince of Wales Drive from approximately February 26 to March 7 (weather dependent). The road closure is required to facilitate the installation...

In 2008, Schedule 26 to the Licensing By-law 2002-189 relating to rooming houses was harmonized to apply City-wide, and included definitions of “residential use building”, “rooming house”, “rooming house, converted”, “rooming house owner”, and “rooming unit”. A couple of issues with respect to rooming house licensing...

Councillor Brockington is hosting his annual Young Adult Summit on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in the library of Brookfield High School.  Interested students can contact Alix.Duncan@Ottawa.ca to reserve a seat.  Mayor Watson will be joining us to speak to the students. ...

Forestry Services will be commencing the Neighborhood Operational Work plan (NOW Program) within the Hunt Club- Quinterra- Revelstoke neighborhood, which consist of maintenance activities on City trees both on the City’s right of ways and in the parks.  The pruning notifications will be delivered in stages...

Update: 3025 Albion Road North Development Proposal I recently met with representatives of the Ahlul-Bayt Centre of Ottawa at City Hall. As you may recall, the Ahlul-Bayt Centre of Ottawa (ABCO) previously approached the City’s Planning Department with a proposal to build a new mosque, community centre,...

Update: 966 Fisher Avenue Proposal I wanted to provide you with a brief update on this file on the potential future development at 966 Fisher Avenue.  Since the initial public meeting that I hosted on December 5, 2017, I have had three follow up meetings with the developer’s...