On May 11, the Planning Committee and Rural Affairs Committee will hold a special meeting on revising the Official Plan. City staff have proposed to expand the urban boundary of the City of Ottawa. Full City Council will meet May 27 on this issue. LCA has joined community associations across the City to urge Council to halt urban expansion. LCA sent a letter to Mayor Watson, Councillor Fleury and Councillors on both committees:

"During this term of Council you have declared both a Climate Emergency and a Housing and Homelessness Emergency. We applaud these steps because they acknowledge what residents of Ottawa truly care about: the affordability, livability and sustainability of our community, today and tomorrow.
In keeping with these declarations, we in Lowertown urge you to vote for an Official Plan “land budget” that does not allow expansion of the urban boundary but, instead, focuses on the existing urban footprint in a sensitive, environmentally sustainable way with respect for heritage character and compatibility with existing neighbourhoods."
Read the full letter below.
You can contact Councillor Fleury, send a letter here.
Join an online rally Friday May 8 at 12 noon

Read LCA's presentation to the Joint Committee Meeting May 11.

The Ottawa Police Service is seeking feedback from the community about its Online Reporting System. The survey should only take a few minutes to complete, please have your say and participate.

Take the survey (in English) | Prenez le Sondage sur le système de déclaration en ligne du Service de police d'Ottawa (en Français)

At the LCA meeting Monday May 13, two residents shared a petition they have drafted calling for a four-way stop at Murray Street and Beausoleil Drive. They noted that the intersection is heavily traveled by pedestrians, and that vehicles travel through at high speeds. Residents also noted it is near two schools. The City did a traffic study which can be found here:

https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-engagement/projects/lowertown-east-area-traffic-management-study  

Download the petition here:

Volume 10, number 2 of The Echo has been posted on the website and will be delivered to your door soon.
Click here to read
Meanwhile, you are invited to try our quiz based on stories in this issue to win some prizes.

Jeu-questionnaire de la Basse-ville #10-2
Lowertown Quiz  #10-2
 

1. Which LCA committee recently won an award from the City?/ Quel comité de la ACB a récemment remporté un prix de la ville?
2. What bistro opened in the Byward Market in August, 2018?/ Quel bistro a ouvert au marché By en août 2018?
3. When is the Spring clean-up in Bingham Park?/ Quand aura lieu le nettoyage de printemps à parc Bingham?
4. Where and when is the LCA annual general meeting taking place?/ Où et quand se tient l’assemblée générale annuelle de l’ACB?
5. Which team lost the annual Winterfest hockey challenge?/ Quelle équipe a perdu le défi de hockey annuel Winterfest?
6. Who in Lowertown had the nickname “Killer”? / Qui dans la Basse-Ville avait le surnom de “Killer”?
7. How many seniors’ residences are there in Lowertown?/ Combien de résidences pour personnes âgées y a-t-il dans la Basse-Ville?
8. Name the first owners of two houses that have been restored in Lowertown./ Nommez les premiers propriétaires de deux maisons restaurées dans la Basse-Ville.
9. What percentage of the OCH housing stock is located in Lowertown?/ Quel pourcentage du parc de logements de LCO est situé dans la Basse-Ville?
10. How many children did William and Rose-Alma have? / Combien d’enfants William et Rose-Alma ont-ils?

 
A winner will be drawn on June 1st from the names of all those who have submitted correct entries. The prize will be a $25 gift certificates from Shoppers Drug Mart on Dalhousie St and a piece of art from the ByWard Market BIA.
Le nom d’un gagnant sera tiré au sort le 1er juin parmi les personnes ayant répondu correctement. Le prix consistera en un chèque-cadeau de 25 $ de Shoppers Drug Mart sur la rue Dalhousie et en une œuvre d’art du BIA du marché By.
Submit your answers to /Envoyez vos réponses à/ mailto:ads.in.echo@gmail.com
Get a copy of the quiz to download here

Missed the January LCA monthly meeting? Follow this link to take a listen to the panel discussion on housing and homelessness!

vimeo.com/313720903

Please see the attached letter from the Lowertown Community Association sent to the Mayor in January 2019 regarding Standing Committee membership and representation.

Keynote Presentation: ByWard Market Public Realm Plan
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)
National Gallery of Canada, Auditorium, 380 Sussex Drive
The City of Ottawa invites all to an inspiring keynote presentation by renowned placemaking expert Gil Penalosa, Founder and Chair of 8-80 Cities, followed by a facilitated question and answer period.
Register now for this free event where we will explore big ideas for creating great public spaces starting with our beloved ByWard Market:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/
Public Workshop #1: ByWard Market Public Realm Plan
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
4:30 p.m. OR 7 p.m.
Jean Pigott Place at City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
 
There will be two workshop sessions that will include a presentation and a table group discussion to gather your input on what’s important, what you love about ByWard Market, and what could be improved. Please note that you only have to attend one of the two sessions. The first session will start at 4:30 p.m. and the second session will start at 7:00 p.m. Doors will open at 4 p.m.
 
Register now at: bywardworkshop1.eventbrite.ca
 
For more information about the project, visit ottawa.ca/designbyward
 
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Prochaines activités
 
Présentation principale : Plan du domaine public du marché By
Le mardi 22 janvier 2019
18 h 30 à 20 h 30 (ouverture des portes à 18 h)
Auditorium du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada — 380, promenade Sussex
 
Venez assister à une conférence inspirante prononcée par Gil Penalosa, expert reconnu en matière de création d’espaces et président fondateur de 8-80 Cities. Sa présentation sera suivie d’une période de questions dirigée.
 
Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant pour cette activité gratuite au cours de laquelle nous explorerons de grandes idées afin de créer de merveilleux espaces publics:  bywardkickoff.eventbrite.ca 
 
 
Atelier public No. 1: Plan du domaine public du marché By
Le mercredi 23 janvier 2019
16 h 30 OU 19 h
Place Jean-Pigott, hôtel de ville d’Ottawa — 110, avenue Laurier Ouest
 
Chaque atelier comportera une présentation et une discussion en table ronde pour recueillir vos commentaires sur les éléments importants, sur ce que vous aimez du marché By et sur des améliorations possibles. Veuillez noter que vous ne devez assister qu'à l'une des deux sessions. La première session commencera à 16h30 et la seconde à 19h00. Les portes ouvriront à 16h00.
 
Inscrivez-vous maintenant en vous rendant à :bywardworkshop1.eventbrite.ca
 
Pour en savoir plus sur le projet, rendez-vous à ottawa.ca/conceptionmarchéby  
 

Monday, January 14th 2019, 7:00-8:30 - January Monthly Meeting
Centre Routhier - 172 Guigues St
Description:
The goal of this panel is to educate local residents and unpack the stigmatized reality of homelessness within our nations’ capital. What do we know, and how can we support those who are marginalized in our community?

Panelists:
Steve Pomeroy – Senior Research Fellow, Carleton University Centre for Urban Research and Education
Mark Taylor – Former Deputy Mayor, previous City Liaison for Housing & Homelessness
Joanna Binch – Nurse Practitioner with 10+ years’ experience of outreach in Ottawa Rooming Houses
Terrilee Kelford – Board Chair of Cornerstone Landing Youth Services: a non-profit registered charity dedicated to ending youth homelessness in Lanark County
Sean LeBlanc – Outreach Worker at Ottawa Inner City Health and Person with Lived Experience of Homelessness. Read his article Hope Eternal
Moderator: Catherine Hacksel, Frontline Worker at Ottawa Inner City Health and LCA Board Member 

Photo credit: Ottawa Inner City Health

Maintenant, une toute nouvelle destination pour Winterlude / Bal de Neige, en plein cœur de votre marché public By! En février, Patrimoine canadien déménagera le Concours international de sculpture sur glace, le Concours de la Société canadienne des sculpteurs sur glace et d’autres démonstrations de sculpture sur glace à notre historique marché By. Des activités complémentaires sont également planifiées à travers les emplacements de votre marché public (consultez les évènements prochains ci-dessous).
Nous projetons une augmentation de plus de 100 000 visiteurs au marché By durant les trois fins de semaine du Bal de Neige!Les espaces de stationnement sur la rue York entre la promenade Sussex et la
place du marché By ne seront pas disponibles durant le Bal de Neige.
 
Programmation additionnelle en développement: Concours de ragout du marché By, offres culinaires dans des restaurants participants, promenade en charrette tirée par des chevaux, installations lumineuses interactives, soirées DJ électro sous-zéro, course de lits Kiwanis, mur d’escalade, zones de repos, bookmobile, projection multimédia sur des édifices.

A brand new Winterlude / Bal de Neige destination is coming to the Byward Market.
In February, Canadian Heritage will relocate the International Ice-carving competition, the Canadian Ice-Carvers competition and other ice-carving demonstrations here to the historic Byward Market. Additional programming is also planned throughout your Public Market spaces (see Upcoming Events below). More than 100,000 additional visitors are expected to come to the Byward Market during the three weekends of Winterlude!
The on-street parking spaces on York Street between Sussex Drive and Byward Market Square will be unavailable during Winterlude.
Additional WINTERLUDE programming in the works for FEBRUARY: BIA Stew Cook-Off, culinary events in participating restaurants, horse drawn wagon rides, Interactive lights installations,sub-zero electro DJ nights, Kiwanis bed race, rock climbing wall, chill zones, bookmobile, larger than life projection on buildings.

The February edition of the Lowertown Echo de la Basse-ville will focus on Arts & Culture in Lowertown – past and present.  If you know of any venues (galleries, theatres and so on) or any people in our community engaged in these areas (artists, actors, dancers, authors, photographers, sculptors, musicians) or annual cultural events it would be most appreciated  if you would send a note with relevant information to mailto:echo@lowertown-basseville.ca.
 
Thank you

Researchers present final report to Lowertown Residents
A study has confirmed that crime rates in Lowertown are much higher than in other similar downtown communities. Crimes against the person are 3 times higher and crimes against property are 2 times higher. The researchers also found that crime rates in the ByWard Market neighbourhood are 2.5 times higher than in the rest of Lowertown. In an online survey conducted by the researchers, residents of Lowertown identified crime and public disorder as their top concern.
This past summer, the Lowertown Community Association (LCA) employed two students from the Master’s Program in Criminology at the University of Ottawa to assess crime and public disorder in Lowertown/ByWard. The researchers presented the report of their findings to Lowertown residents on Tuesday October 9. Residents and the Lowertown Community Association then discussed the follow up actions they want the City, the police, the private sector and residents to take.
The full text of the report is now available at http://www.lowertown-basseville.ca/
Norman Moyer who was responsible for this research project at the LCA said, “Even condos and hotels in the Market are starting to hire their own security. It is time for the City to act. The City could start by enforcing its own bylaws which limit the number of bars in the ByWard neighbourhood.”
The Lowertown Community Association asks that the city develop an Action Plan in collaboration with all stakeholders (including the police, private sector, and residents) to ensure the long term sustainability of the community. The LCA demands that the city take ownership and accountability for this issue by designating it a Term of Council Priority.
Media contact: Norman Moyer, 613-889-1206; after October 13 contact info@lowertown-basseville.ca
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On October 9, 2018 researchers presented their final report on Crime and Public Disorder to the residents of Lowertown. This report is now available here for your information and comments. Please join us in urging the candidates and the City to act now to reduce crime levels in Lowertown. Comments may be sent to info@lowertown-basseville.ca