Lowertown
Community Association

Events

To list a Lowertown event on this page, email:
info@lowertown-basseville.ca

UPCOMING EVENTS

Get involved in the 2010 Budget Consultation process

Dates for 2010 Budget Standing Committees are:

Standing Committee	Estimates Release and Media Briefing	Standing Committee Meeting
Agriculture and Rural Affairs	Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will review budget matters on Thursday, October 22, 2009.	November 4, 2009
Community and Protective Services	Thursday, October 22, 2009 2 p.m. Champlain Room	October 29-30, 2009
Transit	Friday, October 23, 2009 11 a.m. Champlain Room	November 6, 2009
Corporate Services and Economic Development	Monday, October 26, 2009 9 a.m. Champlain Room	November 2, 2009
Transportation	Wednesday, October 28, 2009 noon, Champlain Room	November 9, 2009
Planning and Environment	Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11 a.m. Colonel By Room	November 10, 2009
Audit, Budget and Finance	Audit, Budget and Finance Committee will review draft budgets from Standing Committees on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.	November 17, 2009

To register to make a presentation to the Standing Committees, see 2010 Budget Public Delegations.

Trees for Tomorrow Distribution

Get it, plant it, grow it.
Register today!

Take part in planting 100,000 trees in the City of Ottawa by 2010 through the Trees, Reforestation and Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Program. Ottawa residents are eligible to register for a tree to plant on their property and have it delivered it right to your door at no charge.

Click HERE for more information.

PAST EVENTS

2009 weekends to discover hidden treasures have been chosen!

• Fall Give Away Weekend will take place at the end of Waste Reduction Week –
  Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, 2009

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. So don't put your unwanted bounty pieces in the garbage. Set them out at the curb on Give Away Weekend. For you treasure hunters, tour your neighbourhood, community and city to find those hidden gems.

Treasures could include:

• Books, CDs and DVDs.
• Old furniture and small appliances.
• Construction materials - including drywall and hardware such as nails, bolts and screws.
• Kitchen gadgets, dishes, cutlery, pots and pans.
• Unwanted gifts.
• …and more

Please consider safety when deciding which items to set out to the curb.
The Consumer Product Safety Bureau of Health Canada advises that used children's items such as baby walkers, yo-yo balls, cribs, car seats, strollers, playpens, bath seats, mattresses, blinds, toys and other child-related items should not be placed out at the curb.

Rules for setting out the treasures

• Place items at the curb.
• Place stickers or signs on items with the word "FREE".
• Ensure any items that you want to keep are away from your setout treasures or tucked away safely in your garage.
• At the end of the day, bring any uncollected gems back to your home.

Treasure hunting etiquette

• Respect other people's property, don't walk on people's lawns and gardens.
• Take only the treasures marked free at the curb.
• Don't discard previously picked-up treasures on another person's lawn.

We wish you best of luck in finding those treasures. It's another way to RETHINK GARBAGE, protecting our most precious treasure - our environment.

Remember:

• Unfound treasures can be donated to charitable organizations.
• A better idea than filling up the landfill is filling up a Web site for prospective buyers for your unwanted gems. Visit usedottawa.com for some ideas for recycling your used items.
• You can get tips from the Junk Brothers on how to transform your trash into treasure.
• Check out FullCirclesOttawa who encourage the re-use of items that are already out in society and are no longer needed in their original homes.
• Other Web sites to help get rid of unwanted items include Ottawa Freecycle Network, Craigslist and Kijiji.
• Besides Give Away Weekend, City initiatives to maximize landfill space include the Take it Back! Program and one-day Household Hazardous Waste Depots.

Saturday, September 13

RAIN OR SHINE

We need volunteers!

Please consider helping make this event a big success.

BORDELEAU PARK

COMMUNITY B.B.Q.

Sat. June 21, 2008

(Rain date: June 22, 2008)

11 a.m. –3 p.m.

BORDELEAU PARK

(349 Bruyère - corner of Rose/Bruyère)

* Bake Sale and Lemonade Stand

* Raffling great prizes!

* Games for kids

* Explore a firetruck from 1-3 p.m.

* Climb into a police car (without handcuffs!)

* Meet Chief Vern White

* Delish BBQ food for sale

All proceeds from the event go directly to Park Revitalization effort!

Contact IAN at 562-4774 for information

(or if you want to contribute an item to the bake sale)

Lowertown Garage Sale 2008

Saturday, September 13

RAIN OR SHINE

NOTICE OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

RE:  Rideau-Vanier Ward 12 Interim Control Bylaw Study and Zoning By-law Amendment

Consideration of staff report on establishing new definitions and land use regulations applicable to special needs houses, including shelters, group homes, residential care facilitieis including homes for the aged and nursing homes, dwelling units for seniors, and community health and resource centres.

Tuesday June 10, 2008, 9:30 a.m.,

Champlain Room, City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave.

For more information, or to speak on the issue, contact Elizabeth Desmarais at 613-580-2424, x13503, or by email at elizabeth.desmarais@ottawa.ca

Confederation Boulevard:  Vision for Sussex/Rideau/Colonel By Intersection
Invitation to participate in meeting #2 of the Stakeholder Group on May 6

The goal of this Study is to create a vision for this prominent Confederation Boulevard node, and establish urban design parameters for the development of a safe and distinct setting, that will also provide for a future commemoration of national significance.

Representatives from the adjacent communities and businesses, and from various user groups were part of the first workshop. Details of the discussion are found enclosed.

The second meeting of the Stakeholders Group, that will focus on the preliminary Design Parameters and various scenarios for defining a public space, is scheduled for:

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 4 pm to 6 pm
NCC headquarters, 40 Elgin Street, in room 702. 

Although you may not have attended the first session, you are welcome to the second workshop. Please RSVP by contacting Elisabeth Lacoursière before May 2, 2008.

Diane Irwin                                             Elisabeth Lacoursière
Urban Designer and Project Manager                      Senior Officer, Public Consultations
613-239-5057                                            613-239-5196
dirwin@ncc-ccn.ca                                       elacours@ncc-ccn.ca

Petit rappel

Boulevard de la Confédération : Vision pour l’intersection Sussex/Rideau/Colonel By
Invitation à participer au 2e atelier du Groupe d’intervenants le 6 mai

Le but de cette étude est de créer une vision pour ce carrefour stratégique du boulevard de la Confédération et d’établir des principes de design urbain pour l’aménagement d’un lieu public sécuritaire et distinctif, et qui pourra accommoder une commémoration nationale future.

Des représentants des communautés et commerces adjacents ainsi que de groupes d’usagers variés ont participé au premier atelier. Vous trouverez en pièce jointe les résultats de cette discussion.

La deuxième rencontre du Groupe d’intervenants vise à discuter des principes de design préliminaires et des divers scénarios possibles pour définir l'espace public. Elle aura lieu le :

Mardi 6 mai 2008, de 16 h à 18 h
Au siège social de la CCN, 40, rue Elgin, dans la salle 702.

Vous êtes les bienvenus à la rencontre même si vous n’étiez pas présent lors du premier atelier. RSVP auprès d’Elisabeth Lacoursière d’ici au 2 mai 2008.

Diane Irwin                                             Elisabeth Lacoursière
Gestionnaire de projet, design urbain                   Agent principal, Consultations publiques
613-239-5057                                            613-239-5196
dirwin@ncc-ccn.ca                                       elacours@ncc-ccn.ca

LOWERTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MEETINGS:

Monday, May 12, 2008 ** ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING**

Monday, June 9, 2008

Community Forum on Drugs:

WE ALL KNOW THE PROBLEM - NOW LET'S TALK SOLUTIONS!

DATE CHANGE - OCTOBER 22,2007, 7-9 P.M.

Routhier Community Centre

RALLY FOR KING EDWARD AVENUE APRIL 16, 2007 AT 6:00 P.M.

Click HERE to find out more

SPRING-CLEANING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - Saturday 21 April 2007
We're holding our Spring-cleaning the Neighbourhood event on the weekend closest to Earth Day, the world's largest environmental event. Nominate your park or your street – volunteer to help plant bulbs, help others, or eradicate graffitti!

Further details will be available nearer the time.

This event will be held in conjunction with Spring Cleaning in the Capital. (Click here for information on the City of Ottawa's Community Pride program, which "strives to promote cleanliness and beautification throughout the City of Ottawa".)

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