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City to present its recommendations on the revitalization of the ByWard Market on June 8

5/28/2015

City staff will present its recommendations on how it will revitalize the ByWard Market. Hints of these recommendations have been offered to the Market Core Team members made up of representatives of the LCA, the Market BIA and other stakeholders.

Short-term recommendations include the creation of a municipal corporation to manage the ByWard Market and to invest in it, the renovation and repurposing of the Market Building into a fresh produce market, as well as the landscaping of the streets adjacent to the Market Building. Longer-term recommendations include replacing the parking on York Street by outdoor stalls, and replacing the garage building by a smaller commercial building making room for a public square facing the Market Building as well as an underground garage.

Staff will make a presentation on these recommendations at the June 8th LCA monthly meeting at the Routhier Centre on Guigues at 7:00 pm.

City to present recommendations for future of Rideau Street East on June 8

5/28/2015

City staff will present the recommendations for the Uptown Rideau Community Design Plan at the June 8th LCA monthly meeting.

The draft plan proposes a vision of mainly six- to nine-storey buildings between King Edward Avenue and the Cummings Bridge. It also introduces, for the first time in an Ottawa Community Design Plan, the concept of density transfer. This would allow buildings of up to 15 and 25 storeys on four of the eight blocks in the study area if certain criteria are met. You are invited to learn more by attending the meeting to be held at the Routhier Centre on Guigues at 7:00 pm on Monday, June 8.

Lowertown Celebration | Basse-ville en fête

5/28/2015

Lowertown Celebration this Saturday, May 30th, from 10am to 2pm at Jules-Morin Park (400 Clarence Street East). Includes free BBQ and lots of family activities!

The organizers have sent out a callout for volunteers; if you can help out, that would be great! Volunteers will be “trained” by a wonderful resident who has done the volunteer coordination for the past two years. Her name is Akuol.

The volunteers are asked to arrive by 8am and are welcome to connect with Katherine Van Meyl via e-mail if they have questions.

Needed: People who want a Lowertown garage sale

5/25/2015

Spring cleaning!? Have stuff you want to get rid of but not throw out? Been thinking of having a yard sale lately?

The Lowertown Community Association wants to assess the community's interest in participating in an Official Lowertown neighbourhood-wide garage/yard SALE! Tentative date is Saturday June 20th, 2015.

Interested? If so, send an email to info@lowertown-basseville.ca -- Subject: Community garage sale -- to let us know. Hope to hear from you!

Pub sprawl devours ByWard Market food

5/25/2015

The Byward Market has over 20,000 licenced seats within a six-block area, in a neighbourhood of under 5,000 residents.

Written by Sylvie Grenier.
Photo by Michelle Ramsay-Borg

Periodically, the media covers the deterioration of the ByWard Market and bemoans the loss of food suppliers and retail stores in Canada’s oldest continuously operating farmer’s market. A 2013 consultant’s report identified the proliferation of bars and restaurants as the most important factor in the decline of our Market.

Every year, bars and restaurants take over small retail spaces because they can pay higher rents. Over the last year, The Market has lost two art galleries and six small retail stores to restaurants and bars that brought 1,138 new licensed seats.

May 25th AGM to feature silent auction

5/22/2015

Invitation to our Annual General Meeting

5/22/2015

To read our Annual report for 2015, click on the photo of the cover.

The Catman of Parliament Hill

5/22/2015

This charming video was produced by Awesome Arts en folie. It tells the story of the late René Chartrand, a Lowertown resident who was known as the Catman of Parliament Hill. Note: French narration, no sub-titles.

This animation was told and recorded by a group of francophone seniors who participated in the 2015 Awesome Arts en folie program in Lowertown. The storytelling program was led by Marie-Thé Morin of Vox Théâtre and the animation was created by a group of anglophone children of Lowertown who were led by Tina Le Moine and her intern Alia Khan and volunteer Janine Lameiras.

The program was funded by Canadian Heritage and the City of Ottawa Youth Internship Progam, offered in partnership with the Lowertown Community Resource Centre and the Centre de services Guigues. The video was screened at the March 27, 2015 Awesome Arts en folie Festival.

René Chartrand died on December 7, 2014. He was 92. Click here to read his life story.

For sale: New LCA logo t-shirt

5/19/2015

We have just received a shipment of t-shirts with our brand-new My Lowertown | Ma BasseVille logo. They are long - good to tuck in - 10 oz, 100% cotton, preshrunk, double stitched and reinforced neck, made in Nicaragua, printed in Ottawa.

They will be available for sale at the LCA Annual General Meeting on May 25th. (Liz is wearing a shirt sized Small)

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