January 19, 2012
7 to 9 p.m.
St. George’s Church
Piccadilly Ave.

The Wellington Village Community Association is holding a public forum to explore the Wellington West Community Design Plan. We hope to better understand what the CDP calls for in terms of development heights and densities along Wellington Street, and how the City envisions implementing these policies.

Invited speakers include Councillor Katherine Hobbs, who will address how the community can be better involved in the planning approvals process, and Yasir Naqvi, who will explain his proposals for reforming the process of appealing development decisions to the Ontario Muncipal Board. City Planning Dept. staff will also speak.

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Have you ever wondered how land-use planning is done? What those black and white signs in your community mean? How a zoning application is made? How to make a presentation to Planning Committee? What land-use planners do for your community?

Now is your time to find out.

The Planning and Growth Management Department offers the Planning Primer Program to help residents become more aware of, and more involved in, the land-use planning process.  The program is a series of half-day courses.  The series includes two core courses and two elective courses.

• The core courses, called Primer I and Primer II, describe the legislative and policy basis under which land-use planning decisions are made, the way policy documents are amended and how to make a development application.
• The second elective course for 2012 which will focus on heritage planning.

To make the most of the information being presented, residents must attend the Primer I course before attending Primer II and attend both the Primer I and II courses before attending an elective course. The content of these Primer courses is the same as those offered in previous years. The courses are offered in English only.

Take the Primer I & II courses

Primer I Course

• Saturday, January 21, 2012 or
• Monday, January 23, 2012

Primer II Course

• Saturday, February 11, 2012 or
• Monday, February 13, 2012

Location:

City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West,
Champlain Room, Second Floor
8:30 a.m. to noon

The Primer I course is a pre-requisite for the Primer II course. Registration for Primer II will open on January 31, 2012

Register today!

Space is limited, so register soon.

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Vous vous êtes déjà demandé comment l’aménagement du territoire était réalisé? Ce que signifient ces enseignes noires et blanches dans votre quartier? Comment adresser une demande de zonage? Comment faire une présentation devant le Comité de l’urbanisme? Ce que font les planificateurs de l’utilisation du sol pour votre collectivité?

Le moment est venu de le découvrir

Le Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la croissance propose son Abécédaire de l’aménagement, un programme destiné à aider les résidents à se familiariser avec le processus de planification d’aménagement du territoire et à mieux y prendre part. Il s’agit en fait d’une série de cours d’une demi-journée, dont deux cours de base et deux cours optionnels.

• Les cours de base, intitulés Abécédaire de l’aménagement I et Abécédaire de l’aménagement II, décrivent le fondement des lois et des politiques en vertu desquelles les décisions d’aménagement du territoire sont prises, la manière de modifier les documents de politique et la manière de présenter une demande d’aménagement.
• Le cours optionnel proposé en 2012 est axé sur la planification du patrimoine.

Pour tirer profit au maximum des renseignements présentés, les résidents doivent avoir suivi l’Abécédaire I avant d’assister à l’Abécédaire II, et avoir suivi les deux Abécédaires avant de suivre un cours optionnel. Le contenu de ces cours est le même que par les années passées. Ces cours ne sont offerts qu’en anglais.

L’Abécédaire I a été proposé les 10 et 12 avril et les 18 et 20 septembre 2010, et sera répété au printemps 2011 (dates à confirmer). Le cours optionnel avec la CAMO a eu lieu les 15 et 17 mai 2010, et pourrait être offert à nouveau en 2011.

Abécédaire I

• Samedi 21 janvier 2012 ou
• Lundi 23 janvier 2012

Abécédaire II

• Samedi 11 février 2012 ou
• Lundi 13 février 2012

Lieu :

Hôtel de ville, 110, avenue Laurier Ouest
Salle Champlain, 2^e étage
De 8 h 30 à midi

L’Abécédaire I est un cours préalable à l’Abécédaire II. L’inscription au cours Abécédaire II commence le 31 janvier 2012.

Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd’hui!

Le nombre de places est limité alors inscrivez-vous sans tarder.

Le cours facultatif sur la CAMO ne sera offert qu’en mai 2010.

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2. WVCA Public Forum:

Wellington West Community Design Plan

January 19, 2010, 7 – 9pm, St. George’s Church

3. 2012 WVCA board meetings: third Tuesdays of the month. Feb. 21, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 19.

This is your invitation to come to a meeting on Saturday Dec. 3 at the Champlain Park fieldhouse. Charles Hodgson will be on site to give you his views on why local actions to ameliorate the impacts of climate are possible. You’ll have lots of time to ask questions, devise strategies, and munch on some snacks that I’ll prepare for the event. Have you ever co-created change? That’s what this meeting is all about.

Date: Saturday December 3
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Champlain Park fieldhouse, 140 Cowley Ave., Ottawa

Check out Charles’ blog: http://climateottawa.ca/

Ashcroft has just advised HICG that they will be holding an open house at the Soeur de la Visitation Convent building this Saturday.  All are welcome to attend.

The open house is from 12pm to 5pm.

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Parkdale United Church

429 Gladstone Ave.

He will be reflecting on “Canada’s Invisible Generation of Native Children”.

Proceeds from the free will offering will be donated to Club Amick, the Young Aboriginal Readers’ Program started by James Bartleman in 2006. This program is administered by Southern Ontario Library Service which is a registered charity.

Receipts will be issued for donations of $25 or more.

The Honourable James K. Bartleman is a member of the Chippewas of Mnjikaning First Nation (Chippewas of Rama). He received his early education in Port Carling and London, attended the University of Western Ontario and was a teacher for three years in the early 1960s. He then joined the Department of External Affairs becoming Canada’s first Aboriginal ambassador in a career lasting more than thirty-five years.

From 2002 to 2007, he was 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and the first person of Aboriginal decent appointed to this vice-regal position in Ontario. During his term in office, he championed three social justice causes: mental illness stigma; anti-racism and the well-being of First Nation children.

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James Bartleman Poster – Final

Join us for the 8^th annual Ottawa Eco-Fair!
Celebrating green living ideas, products and services
Ottawa’s grassroots community on display!

Ottawa Eco-Fair

Saturday, September 17, 2011 10 am – 5 pm

Carleton University Fieldhouse, Bronson Avenue, Ottawa

Free Admission and Parking

Join us for this one day environmental exhibition featuring displays from small and large businesses, government and non-profit organizations in the Ottawa community. Find out how you can help the planet, save money and improve your health by learning more about local food, nature, transportation, energy, lifestyle, home and garden, mom’s and babies, health and wellness and more!

Featuring over 125 Exhibits; Cooking demonstrations; Local wine and beer tastings and Children’s Eco-Carnival;

In addition to the cooking demonstrations, the Ottawa Eco-Fair will again offer a 100-mile Lunch featuring food from local producers and suppliers that had visitors raving at last year’s Eco-Fair!

An informative and fun-filled day for the whole family to enjoy!

For more information about the Ottawa Eco-Fair go to www.ottawaecofair.ca

Contact: Jill Sturdy
Coordinator, Ottawa Eco-Fair
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Objet : Activité à venir – Foire écologique d’Ottawa – Le samedi 17 septembre 2011, de 10 h à 17 h, Université d’ Carleton Fieldhouse, avenue Bronson, Ottawa

Joignez-vous à nous pour la Foire écologique d’Ottawa de 2011!

Venez célébrer les idées, les produits et les services écologiques vivants!

En vedette : les organisations populaires d’Ottawa.

Foire écologique d’Ottawa

Le samedi 17 septembre 2011, de 10 h à 17 h

Université d’ Carleton Fieldhouse, avenue Bronson, Ottawa

Entrée et stationnement gratuits

Joignez-vous à nous pour cette foire d’une journée qui réunit des exposants provenant des petites et moyennes entreprises et des organisations gouvernementales et à but non lucratif de la région d’Ottawa. Découvrez comment vous pouvez contribuer au bien-être de la planète, économiser de l’argent et améliorer votre santé en vous renseignant sur les produits alimentaires locaux, la nature, le transport, l’énergie, le mode de vie, la maison, le jardinage, la santé et plus encore!

Avec plus de 125 expositions, démonstrations de cuisine, dégustations de vins et locale de la bière; et un Carnaval écologique pour les enfants!

Il y aura des démonstrations culinaires, et la Foire écologique d’Ottawa offrira une fois de plus un dîner à base d’aliments provenant de producteurs et de fournisseurs établis dans un rayon de 100 milles, qui a fait le bonheur des visiteurs dans le passé.

Ce sera une journée amusante et instructive pour toute la famille!

Pour vous renseigner sur la 8^e Foire écologique d’Ottawa, rendez-vous sur le site suivant : www.ottawaecofair.ca/index-f.htm

Personne-ressource : Jill Sturdy

Coordonnatrice, Foire écologique d’Ottawa

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As we have previously advised the Community, the Site Plan approval process for the Soeurs de la Visitation Convent site is now underway with comments due from the public by September 5, 2011. Our councillor has confirmed that she is not planning to hold any public meetings in this regard but welcomes direct comments from the community.

Given the complexity of the Site Plan and the questions that many people have with respect to the Plan, the Hampton Iona Community Group has decided that it is important that the community have as much information as possible regarding the site plan, its impact and the approval process.

As such, HICG will be holding a public community meeting to discuss the site Site Plan. The meeting will be held on Tuesday August 30 at 7:00 pm at St. George’s Church -Parish Hall (415 Picadilly Avenue).

We have invited representatives from Ashcroft Homes and from the City’s Planning Department to attend the meeting and to be available to present the Plan and answer questions. At this time, they have not yet confirmed if they will attend.

As well, we are pleased to advise that Hampton Iona’s Planner, Catherine Gravely of Sorensen Gravely Lowes Planning Associates Inc will be attending the meeting. She will be assisting us in our understanding of the plan, the impact on the community and how potential issues that we might have should be addressed. Ms. Gravely will also be available to answer any questions that we might have with respect to our recent OMB challenge and settlement.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please do not hesitate to contact us.

www.hamptoniona.ca

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Two seatings of beautifully prepared, locally grown and raised foods will take place at 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm. The menu has been created by chefs who are committed to using local food. The cost is $50 (plus HST) per person for a three-course meal plus two samples of beer and/or wine. Tickets are available online at http://www.savourottawa.ca – buy your tickets now before they sell out!

Featuring prominent local chefs from:
·      Thyme & Again Creative Catering
·      Fairmont Château Laurier
·      The Green Door
·      42 Crichton Street Fine Foods
·      The Branch Restaurant
·      Credible Edibles
·      Les Fougeres
·      The Piggy Market
·      Whalesbone Catering

…and more to be confirmed

Farmers who are contributing to the meal include:
·      Bryson Farms
·      Upper Canada Heritage Meat
·      Fitzroy Beef Farmers Cooperative
·      Clarmell Farms
·      Hall’s Apple Market
·      Acer Farms
·      Trillium Meadows Red Deer & Wild Boar Farm
·      Major Craig’s Chutneys

…and more to be confirmed

Tents will be erected in the park and guests will be served family-style at tables of 8. Live music from the stage too.
Just 100 tickets are available for each seating, so don’t be disappointed, reserve your spot today!