Brigil (owners of 99 Parkdale) are laying down asphalt on Tuesday, October 19th on the laneway behind 121 Parkdale. The alneway will be closed to all traffic from 9am till 5pm.
LRT takes over greenspace at Tom Brown Arena for parking
LRT takes over greenspace at Tom Brown Arena for parking though they have parking at Bayview Yards. Are LRT workers too lazy to walk a few more feet to their cars. What is wrong with this city?
Here is a video that a community member produced to capture the protest that occurred yesterday: https://youtu.be/DfZuzvEvwl4
Rally today at 5pm to protest the fencing off Greenspace at Tom Brown Arena
Rally at 5pm today Tuesday Oct 12 to protest the fencing off of greenspace at Tom Brown Arena. LRT contractor wants it for parking. We need to fight to keep this greenspace! Social distancing applies!
Dave Alston’s Tunneys Pasture presentation that includes a lot of history of Mechanicsville!
Dave Alston’s Tunneys Pasture presentation that includes a lot of history of Mechanicsville! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvZ7Rg-w3qY
Laroche Park rehabilitation of contaminated soil - no unusual finds yet!
Laroche Park rehabilitation of contaminated soil - no unusual finds yet!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/laroche-park-revitalization-artifacts-found-1.6198891
CBC article and brief clip on MCA presentations at City Planning Committee about Lazy Bay Commons
CBC article and brief clip on our presentations at City Planning Committee. We did make some gains for our community, thanks to our working group, presentors, our lawyer and Councillor Leiper, discussions will continue with the City and NCC. More details to come. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/embassies-mechanicsville-planning-committee-approved-1.6186987
BIG TREES of Kitchissippi's article against NCC Embassy row on Lazy Bay Commons
Look what showed up on Lazy Bay Commons
We saw this on the Lazy Bay Commons area on the fence on Forward near the Indonesian Embassy.
Road closure on Stonehurst Avenue
Road Closure Authorization– for Stonehurst Avenue from Burnside Avenue to Lyndale Avenue.The road will be closed from Monday, 23 August 2021 at 7:00am to Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 5:00pm.
The Contractor, Capital Site Development, will be installing storm, waterand sanitary connection servicing 51 Stonehurst Avenue (Laroche Park Field House).
GoFundMe for donations for our legal fund to continue our challenge to protect Lazy Bay Commons from being developed as a diplomatic precinct
As MCA is still seeking donations for our legal fund to continue our challenge to protect Lazy Bay Commons from being developed as a diplomatic precinct. Help us protect this greenspace for our future residents of Mechanicsville.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-green-space-in-mechanicsville
Letter to NCC Board from MCA Working Group
Below is the letter to the NCC board from the MCA Working Group
Road Closure - Carruthers Avenue
City of Ottawa has authorized road closure for Carruthers Avenue from Armstrong Street to Ladouceur Street. The road will be closed from Monday, 09 August 2021 to Friday, 13 August 2021.
MCA response to NCC amended application for the proposed Diplomatic Precinct in Mechanicsville.
Below is MCA response to the disappointing NCC amended application for the proposed Diplomatic Precinct in Mechanicsville.
See link to the amended planning Rationale prepared by NCC/FOTENN and the City "As We Heard It Report" on feedback from original application. https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D01-01-19-0011/details
Extension (again) on Road Close Authorization - Lyndale Avenue
At the request of the contractor, City of Ottawa, has extended the dates for the closure of Lyndale Avenue from Forward Avenue to Parkdale Avenue until Friday, 2 July 2021.
Engage Ottawa Laroche Park project information page
Below are the English and French links to the Engage Ottawa webpage for Laroche Park. Updates will be provided during the duration of the project.
https://engage.ottawa.ca/laroche-park
https://participons.ottawa.ca/parc-laroche
Extension on Road Close Authorization - Lyndale Avenue
At the request of the contractor, City of Ottawa, has extended the dates for the closure of Lyndale Avenue from Forward Avenue to Parkdale Avenue until Friday, 25 June 2021
Laroche Park will be fenced off on June 14th
On June 14, Laroche Park will be fenced off from use for the clean up of the worst brownfield in Ottawa. Also demolition of the Field House containing mold and asbestos and rebuilt. This closure is inconvenient but the results for our community will be amazing. Its our turn! https://kitchissippiward.ca/.../laroche-park-community...
Rosemount revitalization virtual celebration on June 8
The Ottawa Public Library Board cordially invites the public to a virtual celebration of the reopening of OPL’s revitalized Rosemount branch
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
4 pm to 4:30 pm
Please click the link below to join the live virtual event via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/93960566946?pwd=M3V2dWpuVERDYUN6T1dFTlo4c1h6dz09
Webinar ID: 939 6056 6946
Passcode: 839226
Road Closure - Hinchey Avenue
City of Ottawa has authorized the extension of the closure of Hinchey Avenue from Scott Street to Lyndale Avenue until Friday, 4 June 2021.
Noise from construction of luxury apartments during a lockdown
Noise from construction of luxury apartments during a lockdown order is just cruel. See petition https://www.joelharden.ca/construction_noise?recruiter_id=88455
