Awesome Arts | Arts en folie is a free program developed by MASC, a charitable organization with a passionate commitment to provide schools and communities with experiences of artistic excellence and creative process.

​The program has been offered in our community for the past five years, variously in partnership with the Lowertown Community Resource Centre (LCRC), Patro d’Ottawa and the Centre de services Guigues.

When developing a new program for participants, Awesome Arts en folie takes a 360-degree view. At the core is an issue worth exploring. Guides representing the three facets of the arts—visual, literary and performing—are engaged to mentor participants in the creation of artworks that, in turn, are presented to an audience, thereby completing the circle.

This fall, Awesome Arts en folie is running a Nature Sound Recording Workshop in partnership with the LCRC and Fieldwork, an art collective in Maberly, Ontario. On Saturday, September 26, 16 youths headed out to Fieldwork in Maberly to record nature sounds with Chad Clifford. They then worked on site with music producer Sergio Guerra, to mix the nature sounds with different beats that the youths create with a drum machine. It was a really great creative outing in the country mixing urban and rural elements.

​Awesome Arts en folie also ran a wildly successful program last spring, involving 200 participants ranging in age from five to 95 years old.

The purpose was to draw the community together through creative and artistic process with a final showcase at the end of the program.

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The Deputy Mayor of Vancouver Andrea Reimer came to town September 16 and wowed a 350 strong audience at City Hall with the why and how of becoming the greenest city on earth. Vancouver city council has worked over three elections on the plan to become the greenest city in the world by 2020, and now stands at fourth. Techniques revealed included implementing as many environmental improvements as they could think of (84) even before they had an official greening plan; and engaging hundreds of thousands of citizens in pushing for green improvements. Other ingredients included strong leadership and a clear action plan. Ottawa’s Chair of Environment Committee Councillor David Chernushenko said “there is no reason why we could not or should not be doing everything that Vancouver is doing.”

Here is a link to some of the videos from that night.

http://ecologyottawa.ca/2015/09/21/video-vancouvers-green-revolution-comes-to-ottawa/

The Uptown Rideau CDP

On September 10 the City released its new Community Development Plan, or “CDP” for Uptown Rideau St, between King Edward and the Cummings Bridge. The Plan has been developed over the past 18 months, in consultation with a small working group of residents’ associations, including the LCA, property owners and developers.  

The CDP’s Vision for Rideau Street is a vibrant downtown mainstreet, with stores, shops, restaurants and cafes at street level and places for people to live and work above. It seeks to fulfill this vision by addressing various topics governing the future development that will occur on the street, including:

• Building heights – how tall buildings can be and where they will be located
• Building form and design – how buildings should look and relate to each other
• Heritage features – which buildings of heritage interest should be preserved
• Ways to support pedestrians and cyclists –connections to cycling routes, wider sidewalks
• Open spaces – new small parks or plazas, wider sidewalks

Le 14 septembre la Ville d'Ottawa à fait une mise à jour au ACBV concernant la construction de l'O-Train sur la rue Rideau. Pour avoir plus d'informations et des mises à jour par courriel consultez le site: http://www.ligneconfederationline.ca/fr/relier/
La présentation ci-dessous.

Information Meeting - September 22, 2015

Uptown Rideau Community Design Plan Update

Tuesday September 22, 2015

6 to 9 p.m.
École secondaire publique De-La-Salle

501 Old St Patrick Street

You are invited to attend the information session to find out more about the Uptown Rideau Community Design Plan (CDP) and Secondary Plan.

The Uptown Rideau CDP study area includes properties along and nearby Rideau Street between King Edward Avenue and the Cummings Bridge. City Staff have now completed a draft of the CDP, which lays out a development and urban design strategy for the properties, public realm, and open spaces in the area. No registration is required, just drop-in at any time to find out more and to speak to City Staff about the project and share your thoughts.

Agenda for the session:

• 6 to 7 p.m. – Drop in session
• 7 to 7:15 p.m. – Presentation by staff
• 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. – Themed table discussions
• 8:15 to 8:30 p.m. – Plenary session

Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call 3-1-1 or e-mail [email protected] before September 15.

Matthew Ippersiel
Planner
City of Ottawa
613-580-2424, ext. 16391
E-mail: [email protected]

If you wish to access a copy of the plan you may do so here:

http://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents.ottawa.ca/files/documents/official-plan-amendment-official-plan-uptown-rideau-street-secondary-plan.pdf


More information:

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/planning-and-infrastructure/project-schedule

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/planning-and-development/community-plans-and-design-guidelines/community-plans-and-stu-335

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/planning-and-infrastructure/frequently-asked-questions-1

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/planning-and-infrastructure/community-design-plan-and-secondary-plan

Application details for 560 Rideau Street
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/appDetails.jsf?lang=en&appId=__9I883N

Application details for 541 Rideau Street
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/appDetails.jsf?lang=en&appId=__9YJMDE

The Lowertown West Garden Committee is meeting on Tuesday, September 15, from 6:30 to 8 pm, at the Routhier Community Centre. We will discuss progress to date and next steps for the development of more community garden space in Lowertown. 

All are welcome! No gardening experience is needed. 

Please send any questions to [email protected].

The LCA renews its monthly meetings starting Monday September 14th at 7pm at the Routhier Community Centre situated at 172 Guigues avenue. All are welcome! Many items will be discussed and it will be great to see everyone back after the long summer.

Tous sont invité au meeting de L'Association communautaire de Basse-Ville le 14 septembre à 19h au Centre communautaire Routhier situé au 172 avenue Guigues. Au plaisir de vous revoir et bienvenue au nouveaux participants!

For more information :
Pour plus d'informations :

http://www.lowertown-basseville.ca/meetings--reacuteunions.html