Spacing Ottawa would like to bring you a weekly roundup of urban affairs headlines from around the Ottawa-Gatineau region. Check back here on Fridays to catch up on what’s going on in the capital.
Also visit Dwight William’s Across the Ottawa Spaces posts made from time to time to see what Ottawans are talking about across the blogosphere.
TRANSPORTATION:
- Downtown Moves in right direction (Centretown News, March 15)
- Light rail on Richmond Road getting ever more likely, city emails suggest (Ottawa Citizen, March 11)
- Bronson fight pits bikes against cars (Ottawa Sun, March 11)
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT:
- Will Sparks Street survive construction? (Centretown News, March 15)
- Cautious optimism follows release of draft Bayview plan (EMC, March 14)
- Hotel pitch for old Union of Canada building hits committee agenda (Ottawa Sun, March 13)
- Councillor Scott Moffatt confirms; signals opposition to 4,000 acre development by Walton International in works for city’s southwest (The Bulldog, March 7)
- What Walton International is up to(Ottawa Citizen, March 13)
- Ottawa’s downtown is dead (Ottawa Sun, March 10)
- Ottawa’s derelict buildings in for tougher bylaw treatment, mayor warns (Ottawa Citizen, March 9)
URBAN ECOSYSTEMS:
- Randy turkeys running wild in Barrhaven (Ottawa Sun, March 12)
- Rideau River is cleaner in Ottawa, conservation authority says (Ottawa Citizen, March 11)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
- City of Ottawa seeks company to provide free wi-fi at 25 facilities (Ottawa Sun, March 14)
- New resident forum to take place in Vanier, Monthly coffee houses to discuss crime prevention, resident ideas(EMC, March 14)
- Kanata North BIA launches crowdsourcing campaign, Online idea initiative aims to engage local businesses(EMC, March 14)
VILLE DE GATINEAU (articles en français):
- Bibliothèque centrale : des visions opposées s’affrontent (Le Droit, 14 mars)
- Le BAPE donne le feu vert au projet de la rue Jacques-Cartier (Le Droit, 8 mars)
- Plan particulier d’urbanisme centre-ville : construire le patrimoine de demain (Le Droit, 4 mars)
- Gestion des travaux municipaux : la STO choisit une autre voie (Le Droit, 1 mars)
Photo by Mikey G.