tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44250079076987983142024-02-24T11:18:35.350-05:00The Wellington Village Community AssociationThe Wellington Village Community Association (WVCA) is a volunteer, non-profit community group of local residents that represents over 1,500 households in our neighbourhood.
Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.comBlogger802125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-62020635882219832532024-02-24T11:18:00.000-05:002024-02-24T11:18:00.607-05:00WVCA February News!<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Greetings neighbours!</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-95f53914-7fff-443c-1e21-ba27982db3bf"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There are two important engagement opportunities that the WVCA would like residents to take note of. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And thank you in advance for your involvement in shaping our neighbourhood! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Spencer parkette design and name consultation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">City parks staff are seeking the community’s input regarding the design of a future neighbourhood park located at the corner of Huron Avenue North and Spencer Street. Two concept plans and a survey are posted </span><a href="https://engage.ottawa.ca/spencer-park-development" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">here on Engage Ottawa</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. This future parkette will be a great addition to the area between Holland, Scott, Island Park and Wellington and Councillor Leiper and the WVCA would encourage residents to review the plans and provide input. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Note that the consultation will close March 6th.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The parkette will also need a name! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Please send your name suggestions in an email to Councillor Leiper’s office:</span><span style="color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a href="mailto:jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca</span></a><span style="color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and/or</span><span style="color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a href="mailto:alice.fyfe@ottawa.ca" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">alice.fyfe@ottawa.ca</span></a><span style="color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">10 Garrison rezoning open house</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The property owner of </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">10 Garrison Street</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is planning to bring forward an application for a zoning by-law amendment to construct a three-storey low-rise apartment building with a total of 10 dwelling units. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This proposed redevelopment would in</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">volve demolition of the existing single-detached home on the site which is located adjacent to the Metro grocery store and west of Western Avenue (and just north of Wellington Street). <u>This is noteworthy as it is the first time that the current Board of the WVCA has seen a proposal to convert a single home to a 10-unit dwelling on a residential street. </u></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Councillor Leiper’s office will be hosting a virtual Open House with the community on Tuesday, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">March 5, 2024 at 6:30 pm</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to provide an opportunity for the applicant team to share information on the proposal, and answer questions that neighbours may have. The WVCA plans to have representation at this meeting. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You can read more details and access information regarding the</span><a href="https://kitchissippiward.ca/content/10-garrison-st-rezoning-application-open-house" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Zoom link here</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> on the Kitchissippi Ward website.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Events in Wellington Village… </span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Elmdale Book Fair is on now! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb 23rd 9am to 9pm & Feb 24th 9am to 4pm. 49 Iona St. </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Fisher Park Outdoor Rink Party! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday Feb 24th at the ODR. Swiftie skate at 6pm followed by Disco skate at 7:30pm </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are hosting a community event please let us know - we are happy to amplify your event through our channels! </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 9pt; margin-top: 9pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Calls to action… </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The WVCA always needs more</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> community volunteers</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, especially those with website expertise or interest in event planning. Please reach out! </span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 9pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Membership support</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">You’re already a member just by living within the boundaries! As always, we appreciate your support to help us run or sponsor events and engage with residents. $10 is the suggested membership fee, but the WVCA appreciates any/all support.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> We’re happy to pick up a cheque or you can e-transfer: </span><a href="mailto:wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com</span></a></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*Please include your contact details in the message section to let us know how to reach you—we’d like to confirm and give thanks.</span></p><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Spread the news!</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please share this newsletter with Wellington Village neighbours. Sign up for our communications on the </span><a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">landing page of our website.</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p></li></ul><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 9pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Join us at our next meeting!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Our next meeting is planned for March 21st at 7:30PM. There will be a guest presentation from the City of Ottawa on the topic of parking. Follow our social media channels for details or send us an email to ensure you get the invite.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c4587; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We’re better together!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How to find us: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">e: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">president@wvca.ca</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; 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text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">www.wvca.ca</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">f:</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVCAOTTAWA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">@theWVCA</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p></span>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-65213186905280759202024-02-21T14:35:00.002-05:002024-02-21T14:35:11.086-05:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Thursday February 22nd at 7:30 p.m.<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Good day,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The WVCA is holding its next board meeting next Thursday (February 22nd), from 7:30-9:00 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We meet at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community residents are welcome to attend.</span></p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-86708561532944187202024-01-12T09:57:00.003-05:002024-01-12T09:57:30.482-05:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Thursday January 18th at 7:30 p.m.<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Good day,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The WVCA is holding its next board meeting next Thursday (January 18th), from 7:30-9:00 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We meet at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community residents are welcome to attend.</span></p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-85862905839020947442024-01-12T09:56:00.001-05:002024-01-12T09:56:27.264-05:00WVCA 2023 Year In Review<p>Happy New Years to our Wellington Village residents!</p><p>Your Wellington Village Community Association remains strong and active on your behalf. A small but busy board of directors has helped lead several key initiatives in the community in 2023, and we thought it would be worthwhile celebrating our accomplishments over the past year. </p><p>Neighbours for Tunney’s is a community action group founded by the neighbouring community associations around Tunney’s Pasture, and the WVCA continues to play a key role on the committee. The redevelopment of Tunney’s Pasture remains one of the WVCA’s primary focuses for the near future. As these redevelopment plans slowly come together, we continue to gather Wellington Village resident input on concerns and wishes for the future of the vast Tunney’s site. We have a seat at the table of what’s known as the Communities Perspectives Group (CPG), where this input is shared directly with government shareholders, namely the Canada Lands Company and Public Services and Procurement Canada. The WVCA participated in several CPG meetings in 2023, as well as the Public Engagement Sessions held on site at Tunney’s in November. We are planning to send out another resident survey in 2024, and will continue to push the government on the concerns of neighbouring residents on issues such as green space, Ottawa River access, recreation space, traffic, and zoning, all of which will have a substantial, direct impact on the residents of Wellington Village. (<a href="http://www.neighboursfortunneys.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.neighboursfortunneys.ca/</a>)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.neighboursfortunneys.ca/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="320" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LYu-qwirjy8t4xXdUlT7mJo-RvTaSUAtx3UANV9njOjNmI64_hMl-1zRVqlgv9QMaz9tpTGUFKy8xP_TaJ3SWiPKtrnSB2U80pq_BE6eiFdNF784EC7ZeexQZVHptldTzAXyJEBdYh1xJdeLahL8MYrwBx-CtCp18m2xrWz0cE7KpQWBrGoPMkCNFaUi/s1600/NFT.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>The WVCA also led a hugely successful Jane’s Walk in June, providing a walking tour that highlighted both the historical and future planning details of the Tunney’s Pasture site. The was the most well-attended Jane’s Walk in Ottawa in 2023, and showed the high level of interest in the site – not only with local residents, but with visitors from across the city curious to learn more about this important future piece of Ottawa development space. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS62cNDRiXR1RjTejp27vmSujvm5brt3UIXSeY4XshC3DffBgVYs2-tDNnykUm_ccpPRo_zrpRYchlxP7cdMbWfphLg0IW_fbLym-ciRGqezDLqM4RW9Wc58ufH5DG9wca6wU4iY0ePf5s6xWhjvB3DksAhi3MIeBM7gRxF-mPht4ohyM5j_QSjbtxRTE/s2048/JanesWalkPhoto%20For%20WVCAemail.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS62cNDRiXR1RjTejp27vmSujvm5brt3UIXSeY4XshC3DffBgVYs2-tDNnykUm_ccpPRo_zrpRYchlxP7cdMbWfphLg0IW_fbLym-ciRGqezDLqM4RW9Wc58ufH5DG9wca6wU4iY0ePf5s6xWhjvB3DksAhi3MIeBM7gRxF-mPht4ohyM5j_QSjbtxRTE/s320/JanesWalkPhoto%20For%20WVCAemail.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>The Spencer Street Parkette at the corner of Huron Avenue North was a tremendous success for the WVCA, and we look forward to working with the City on what equipment and features will appear in the park. The house and garage have been demolished within the last week and consultation with the community will be happening soon, so that Wellington Village residents can begin using this long-awaited park space. The northern half of Wellington Village has been without a local park since the loss of Grange park nearly 30 years ago!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTvmvtLo7iPCU7qcSk2dIzPW0PWXM1megPluXOzjwxaxPlyFKikELaRos6Swg18zRtN_wE7NxhmJTBSWOxIPRuFK3aYl1bQL3BpqnRL4RJEPehrvCnzxKDlZH-MMvs2zxiRlGD1hnCfVkZmfFYr-OwY8IrRj2Uj65OOCkGU5uab3w6KH2z8AFGPbj4nF6/s1600/WVCA%20park.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTvmvtLo7iPCU7qcSk2dIzPW0PWXM1megPluXOzjwxaxPlyFKikELaRos6Swg18zRtN_wE7NxhmJTBSWOxIPRuFK3aYl1bQL3BpqnRL4RJEPehrvCnzxKDlZH-MMvs2zxiRlGD1hnCfVkZmfFYr-OwY8IrRj2Uj65OOCkGU5uab3w6KH2z8AFGPbj4nF6/s320/WVCA%20park.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The WVCA was proud to support the Byron Avenue Pumpkin Walk through financial and volunteer support. This amazing Wellington Village event has exploded in popularity over time, well beyond the capacity of creator Anita Grace to do it all on her own. We were happy to contribute to this great event, which had its biggest year yet with nearly 1,000 pumpkins! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGIWb8xdZ_2L_W8jeUCdnRgmI9vE_dsh51teRFPgQCsKMLqhHmqLxjfO4oZHdTpTzoQ84w4436b3fQ9bya28AWkqzAUwZoIuCtmCxQy0FkRxad4bIr5dq83zzKeEC66YNuIq1w6qerkzXZr_CznIU5JxrpOiFvTWYziYDxcBZ_dTsUKu0Dv4q0HD_WVRQ/s4032/PumpkinWalk%20for%20WVCA.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGIWb8xdZ_2L_W8jeUCdnRgmI9vE_dsh51teRFPgQCsKMLqhHmqLxjfO4oZHdTpTzoQ84w4436b3fQ9bya28AWkqzAUwZoIuCtmCxQy0FkRxad4bIr5dq83zzKeEC66YNuIq1w6qerkzXZr_CznIU5JxrpOiFvTWYziYDxcBZ_dTsUKu0Dv4q0HD_WVRQ/s320/PumpkinWalk%20for%20WVCA.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>We also helped contribute to other causes in the neighbourhood, such as parking problems around Elmdale School when snow clearing became an issue, reviewing and contributing to property development applications, and the renewal of Caroline Avenue and Huron Avenue North. </p><p>We will continue to work hard for you in 2024 and encourage you to reach out anytime with questions or concerns. </p><p>We are also looking for individuals interested in contributing to the WVCA, either to specific issues, or to the Board more broadly. Your local knowledge, your expertise in areas of community planning, or simply your enthusiasm to make Wellington Village a better place would go a long way in helping our board, and we would love to have you! Please email president@wvca.ca for more info.</p><p>Cheers and all the best in 2024!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrutAmMNELGFIq4UTBeCD3nMvY_1gOAk_8YFSv_THVVJLGpPqLa-TbG4D1XiHcmC0-r_BONfIcX5qa6RETUlO60qhUj61VWo1vE-CC4cgW5otVoQezsliBvQvCOtbdCdUJoksTa5nMDCBDtC1t2V5I0xGmLvlrj6zGQBMxnIIbbs99NEaCl1Jch1y1L1Y/s2048/WVCA%20Carnival.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrutAmMNELGFIq4UTBeCD3nMvY_1gOAk_8YFSv_THVVJLGpPqLa-TbG4D1XiHcmC0-r_BONfIcX5qa6RETUlO60qhUj61VWo1vE-CC4cgW5otVoQezsliBvQvCOtbdCdUJoksTa5nMDCBDtC1t2V5I0xGmLvlrj6zGQBMxnIIbbs99NEaCl1Jch1y1L1Y/s320/WVCA%20Carnival.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-56166371724942751002023-11-16T09:06:00.003-05:002023-11-16T09:06:45.952-05:00Invitation from the Neighbours for Tunney’s Group<p style="text-align: center;"><strong id="yiv4919340189docs-internal-guid-466a2e9a-7fff-8693-3b42-31d51122652c" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: "playfair display", georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 20px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;">Invitation from the Neighbours for Tunney’s Group</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Neighbours for Tunney’s would like to share the news of an upcoming public engagement opportunity that has been shared by the Project Team at Tunney’s Pasture. Please see below and plan to attend! </div></span><br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">In the meantime, please continue to reach out to us with any Q’s or comments:</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><strong id="yiv4919340189docs-internal-guid-75bb8a42-7fff-134b-7079-e868688dc072" style="outline: none !important;"><a href="https://neighboursfortunneys.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a3e5a0ef4acee8678a9b219d&id=ad95f28f3b&e=50ed8813fa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">www.neighboursfortunneys.ca</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><strong id="yiv4919340189docs-internal-guid-75bb8a42-7fff-134b-7079-e868688dc072" style="outline: none !important;"><a href="mailto:neighboursfortunneys@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; outline: none !important;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:neighboursfortunneys@gmail.com">neighboursfortunneys@gmail.com</a></strong><br style="outline: none !important;" /> </p><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;">As a reminder, <em style="outline: none !important;"><a href="https://neighboursfortunneys.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a3e5a0ef4acee8678a9b219d&id=b076af4df1&e=50ed8813fa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Neighbours for Tunney’s</a></em> is an entirely volunteer-led group, headed by a core of interested local residents–including members of the four Community Associations surrounding Tunney’s Pasture. NFT was formed with the mandate to seek information from Canada Lands Company and Public Services and Procurement Canada (CLC / PSPC) and our elected officials about the redevelopment of Tunney’s Pasture and to create ongoing opportunities for residents from the surrounding communities to engage in this significant project. Anyone can email us to sign up to receive NFT Newsletters, 400+ neighbours already have! </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /><strong style="outline: none !important;"> </strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;"><strong style="outline: none !important;"><u style="outline: none !important;">Open houses on the proposed Complete Street and Active Transportation Network at Tunney’s Pasture</u></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">We are pleased to inform you that we will be hosting our next public engagement opportunity on November 21 and 22 when we present and gather input on the proposed Complete Street and Active Transportation Network that will form the spine of the future vibrant community at Tunney’s Pasture.</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Over the coming years, Tunney’s Pasture will be transformed from a single-use employment centre into a transit-oriented and sustainable mixed-use community that is integrated with surrounding neighbourhoods, while maintaining a strong federal presence. The proposed network is key to this integration.</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and Canada Lands Company are collaborating to develop the long-term plan that will guide the implementation of the award-winning Tunney’s Pasture Master Plan. Unveiling the proposed network and gathering your thoughts is an important step in the journey towards this transformation.</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Please invite your communities to join us for one of two identical bilingual open houses where they will have the opportunity to review the <em style="outline: none !important;">Community Values</em> that were developed last year with their input, to reflect the community’s vision for this mixed-use development. They will also see and have an opportunity to react to the proposed Complete Street and Active Transportation Network that will connect Tunney’s Pasture to surrounding neighbourhoods and the Ottawa River.</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Location</strong>:</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">170 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Cafeteria – Jean Talon Building </p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Main floor; accessible by ramp</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Date and time</strong>:</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Tuesday, November 21, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Wednesday, November 22, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><em style="outline: none !important;">(the same information will be presented both days)</em></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">We encourage people to take transit or use active transportation. Parking is also available at Tunney’s Pasture.</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">We would appreciate if you could please help us spread the word with your communities and stakeholders on these upcoming events. You will find attached a postcard that can be used for this purpose.</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">For those who cannot participate in either open house, there will be an opportunity to provide input online from November 21 to December 5.</p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">For more information on the project and the open houses, or to participate online and to sign up for updates, visit the Tunney’s Pasture Redevelopment website at <a href="https://neighboursfortunneys.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a3e5a0ef4acee8678a9b219d&id=b38342dd63&e=50ed8813fa" id="yiv4919340189OWA95856cc0-f7a6-c71f-5f8d-549322bf5b68" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">engage.clc-sic.ca/tunney-s-pasture-vision-to-reality</a>.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /><strong id="yiv4919340189docs-internal-guid-94249bc7-7fff-d7e4-077e-9c20701e838b" style="outline: none !important;"><img height="416" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Flh7-us.googleusercontent.com%2Fe5YP410--umPZo1DWLEq_TLgLdTW3RsoPi2nSIQHw7Sdyg2ySkZxCVB8CNXpOUAWamqOU8rJPS9Jas_K4AU6R4XhMgLaCQmzGH1Jg2bpDswtIYc028pBbnLFFxclRZ1fTkisqHKxc2V7CeVAtaNu__w&t=1700143525&ymreqid=7680d7bb-f262-dbfd-1cba-c50007016400&sig=2ghzqCurZdqNluO5Wel3JQ--~D" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px;" width="624" /></strong></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"> </p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-46579922426497996522023-11-16T09:04:00.000-05:002023-11-16T09:04:02.614-05:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Thursday November 16th at 7:30 p.m.<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Good day,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The WVCA is holding its next board meeting tonight (Thursday November 16th), from 7:30-9:00 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We meet at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community residents are welcome to attend.</span></p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-58197592374049657102023-05-20T09:00:00.006-04:002023-05-20T09:00:41.080-04:00Kitchissippi Ward Climate Resiliency Community Dialogue - Tuesday May 23<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYK2ERjm0FJusFX143h2U5oSTZC9mYcr3IDCSkjC569HdUYZWi_8sX36qsuR2oBvV1h0trdDTlrf51hEOzwvcS-UiDHnObc4vNpgSnAYaqiw8TVXL9VscxozEXB96lPay-5muNZ2TD1qKdy0GpXS5whfGR6S6wyMs6OEzmhctIwnIIG5VKdki2LXm8Q/s1200/Ward%2015%20Climate%20Resiliency%20Dialogue%20FB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYK2ERjm0FJusFX143h2U5oSTZC9mYcr3IDCSkjC569HdUYZWi_8sX36qsuR2oBvV1h0trdDTlrf51hEOzwvcS-UiDHnObc4vNpgSnAYaqiw8TVXL9VscxozEXB96lPay-5muNZ2TD1qKdy0GpXS5whfGR6S6wyMs6OEzmhctIwnIIG5VKdki2LXm8Q/w400-h210/Ward%2015%20Climate%20Resiliency%20Dialogue%20FB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>As this past April’s ice storm demonstrated, we need to be preparing our communities for climate- related impacts like extreme weather events.</p><p>Are you interested in learning more about how climate change will affect Ottawa, and in discussing community preparedness for these impacts with other residents? Join Hintonburg, Mechanicsville, Champlain Park and Wellington Village Community Associations and CAFES for a Community Dialogue on Climate Resiliency. </p><p>This dialogue will be an opportunity to learn about climate impacts and risks, and an opportunity to share how you see climate impacts affecting you and your community. It will also be a chance to discuss actions that individuals, communities and the city can take to prepare for climate impacts.</p><p>Where: Hintonburg Community Centre, 1064 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2Y3</p><p>When: Tuesday, May 23rd from 7:00-9:00 pm.</p><p>Register here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ward-15-climate-resiliency-community-dialogue-tickets-620095711967">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ward-15-climate-resiliency-community-dialogue-tickets-620095711967</a></p><p><br /></p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-62495875898905530432023-05-14T19:13:00.002-04:002023-05-14T19:13:51.170-04:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Monday May 15th at 7:30 p.m.<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Good day,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The WVCA is holding its next board meeting tonight (Monday April 17th), from 7:30-9:00 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We meet at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community residents are welcome to attend.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Proposed Agenda</u></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Welcome and introductions</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Approve minutes from last meeting </span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Review action items from previous meeting</span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Board Updates </span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Treasurer’s Report</span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Donations</span></p></li></ol><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Communications and marketing </span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Newsletter </span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Email insights </span></p></li></ol><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Community Meetings</span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">K9</span></p></li></ol></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Board Governance</span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Committees</span></p></li></ul></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5. Tunneys Pasture:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Community Benefits Agreement meeting - May 23. </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-5b99e0c7-7fff-35c0-d83a-9db0662c8c11" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">6. Community events:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Fisher Park fireworks</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Community garage sale on June 3 </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bike tune up event</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7. Memberships:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sponsorships/membership "drive"</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8. 2023 AGM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">revisit previous plan </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Confirm date and location</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Possible catering</span></p></li></ul>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-46130188556864825992023-04-20T10:47:00.009-04:002023-04-20T10:49:18.766-04:00Suggestions for Earth Day!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJs5sm_mbZ2YURqdBWsXWWQ7TnghyOP96exkpIHns4kUxUwJWHQwF9Go2QOhp72pttprzcNivLtXIqlY9HRq-_DfBWIUnxXWobnCfcDo-7_wmXQI98PXGIz5nWfSgH6SrMKlKAe85iFOz2AkeYaPJhtrStnCl_Jvv6xvSZh0XQgKkCvNLjeEjoB6Xug/s1920/EarthDa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1920" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJs5sm_mbZ2YURqdBWsXWWQ7TnghyOP96exkpIHns4kUxUwJWHQwF9Go2QOhp72pttprzcNivLtXIqlY9HRq-_DfBWIUnxXWobnCfcDo-7_wmXQI98PXGIz5nWfSgH6SrMKlKAe85iFOz2AkeYaPJhtrStnCl_Jvv6xvSZh0XQgKkCvNLjeEjoB6Xug/w400-h130/EarthDa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><i>The WVCA is happy to welcome local student Rory Grosset, who is a new contributor to the WVCA webpage. Rory has put together a great list of ideas for Earth Day, which is coming up this Saturday April 22nd. Thanks so much Rory!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>April 22nd is Earth Day! Here are 12 suggestions on how you and your family can mark the day!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Clean up garbage from your street, and/or the local park.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Ditch the car and instead, bike, walk, or use public transportation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Donate money to charities like Greenpeace, or the <a href="http://wwf.ca" target="_blank">World Wildlife Fund</a> (who started Earth Day in 1970)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Volunteer for or become a member of an environmental organization such as <a href="https://ottawariverkeeper.ca/" target="_blank">Ottawa Riverkeepers</a> or <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/act/volunteer/join-your-local-greenpeace-group/" target="_blank">Greenpeace</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Have a candle-lit dinner this evening, and turn off all the lights. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Replace your light bulbs with LEDs; LED bulbs last longer and are more energy efficient.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Take a hike/walk/run around your neighborhood, park, or hike trails in Gatineau. Maybe pick up garbage along the way too! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Feeling artsy & crafty? Make this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgpaM3u2zng&t=40s" target="_blank">tote bag</a> out of a t-shirt with no sewing required! Use it for your groceries, in place of all those plastic bags!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Spend time outside and away from “that darned screen”. For instance, hop across the river and do some <a href="https://www.riversandroots.ca/courses-1" target="_blank">foraging</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Put up a bird feeder. Your local Home Hardware, on Wellington, has exactly what <a href="https://www.homehardware.ca/en/4lb-capacity-large-gazebo-bird-feeder/p/5453022" target="_blank">you will need</a>!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Plant a pollinator garden to help the bees. Here are some good <a href="https://www.torontozoo.com/pollinators/Pollinator%20Plant%20Guide.pdf" target="_blank">flowers and plants</a> for it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Write to your local politician and ask if they think they are doing enough about the environment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Nurture a native garden, supports biodiversity, requires less water and requires less work (harness the power of nature!).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Learn about the city of Ottawa’s Trees in Trust program! They plant a tree on their side of your lawn and the homeowner agrees to take care of it. Plus it’s completely free!</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqExdl3EJ_gM_7Hd5p8EDzrFdrYjTh4EuPSlai-eS8otmhuQj9sumJ5cgekmh5V1j9bxFz9mxG1kCxVYr0HbLsX6Ec6SnazcQoPK563cDrjVfEoUralOb7AZy987PjGcpiRqW32WSIbyCHXWyoZtGicpn3BY2wqM3F-pQNFHhioDRFHZytGQf8_KqfMg/s3200/earth.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1801" data-original-width="3200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqExdl3EJ_gM_7Hd5p8EDzrFdrYjTh4EuPSlai-eS8otmhuQj9sumJ5cgekmh5V1j9bxFz9mxG1kCxVYr0HbLsX6Ec6SnazcQoPK563cDrjVfEoUralOb7AZy987PjGcpiRqW32WSIbyCHXWyoZtGicpn3BY2wqM3F-pQNFHhioDRFHZytGQf8_KqfMg/s320/earth.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-69280794662444316942023-04-17T10:44:00.006-04:002023-04-17T10:44:29.078-04:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Monday April 17th at 7:30 p.m.<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Good day,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The WVCA is holding its next board meeting tonight (Monday April 17th), from 7:30-9:00 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We meet at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community residents are welcome to attend.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Proposed Agenda</u></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1. Welcome and introductions</b>
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2. Approve minutes from last meeting </b>
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3. Board Updates </b>
• President updates
• Secretary: Review action items from previous meeting
• Treasurer’s Report
<b>4. Updates from Committees</b>
• Planning and Development
• Events – planning and updates
• Communications (social media, newsletter & email insights)
• Community Liaison (updates from recent meetings)
• Membership and Fundraising
• Pre-Consultation meetings update
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5. Setting Goals</b>
<b>6. AGM planning</b>
<b>7. Special projects:</b>
• Parkette on Spencer
• Tunney’s Pasture Redevelopment
<b>8. May meeting</b>
</span></span></p><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></u></span></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-91225239280922620152023-04-13T23:20:00.001-04:002023-04-23T13:47:01.436-04:00WVCA Newsletter: April 2023<p><i>(Sent 13 April at 11:20 p.m. to all subscribers)</i> </p><p><strong style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Greetings Wellington Village Neighbours!</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br />Read on to learn about a<em> few</em> of the key items and events our Community Association has been working on this past month. We’d love to have you out to our next meeting on April 17th! (details below)<br /><br /><br /><strong>Cars and People at Elmdale School </strong><br /><br />The WVCA has been made aware of the issues of congestion and traffic safety concerns surrounding Elmdale School–exacerbated by significant snowfall / snowbanks this past winter. After discussions with Elmdale’s principal, Parent Council, the School Trustee and our City Councillor we learned that this season faced particular challenges with the city’s snow dumping site and that it is not feasible for school zones to be prioritized in the snow removal schedule. Changes to the layout at Elmdale after the renovations may also be creating new traffic patterns to which the community is still adjusting. </p><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Parents and residents are encouraged to treat the streets as one-way streets at morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times; allowing children access to the sidewalks closest to the school: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Westbound on Iona & </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Eastbound on Java </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Elmdale has also installed a second keypad and opened up the staff parking for families picking up from Mothercraft, reducing traffic congestion on Iona. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">The WVCA will continue to advocate for and support more </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">active transportation</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> options, such as the Walking School Buses and Walk -a-Block initiatives; as well as school bus usage in order to minimize cars on the road, in general. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Results from a recent OSTA survey show many benefits of Active (student) Transportation. </span><a href="https://www.ottawaschoolbus.ca/student-transportation-survey-results-2022/" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Read the full report here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">. If you’re looking for ways to give back to the community and have some extra time in the morning, please consider becoming a walking bus leader. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">Fun fact! </span> Number of times the Walking School Bus has arrived late to Elmdale Public school this school year: <u>Zero!</u> </span></strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Once again, we appreciate hearing from residents about these issues, and it helps us advocate for our community when we’re informed by your experiences. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Huron & Caroline street renewals </strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Residents and Members of the Board have had a chance to review current plans for the water main and sewer street renewal projects of both Caroline and Huron Ave. It seems that a central design focus will be to narrow the streets where possible and add several traffic calming measures with the intent to slow traffic (30 km/h, the current posted speed limit) and reduce cut-through. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">We heard several concerns that road narrowing would lead to snow load issues. Some residents advocated for the use of boulevard(s) to achieve roadway narrowing while still allowing room for snowbanks and softscaping. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">There is also much interest to see updated plans that incorporate more greenery into the design, whether through boulevards or otherwise. As a Board, we are keen to advocate for initiatives that promote biodiversity, retain rainwater and decrease the amount of concrete–we’re in a climate crisis y’all! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">A longer term discussion we will pursue with the City of Ottawa is the opportunity to bury power/electrical lines while roads are opened up for renewal. It is currently out of the scope for Caroline and Huron Ave and Ottawa Hydro is not considering it… but given the significant impact and damages from the two major weather events in less than a year, we will move to push the issue. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">An in-person public information session was held on April 4th at Hintonburg Community Centre, with public online viewing and commenting accepted until April 18th. </span><a href="https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-engagement/projects/2020-integrated-renewal-huron-avenue-and-caroline-avenue#section-899055f9-d227-4697-a9fa-abe48bd7ffdd" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Visit the project page here.</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Spencer Street Parkette</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Demo Day is coming! The City is planning for demolition this summer, and could be as early as mid-June and into August. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">The City of Ottawa will be leading an official engagement to plan a park that responds to the needs of the community. They have confirmed it is intended to be used as a gathering space for humans, and will incorporate play equipment. Beyond that, they are open to your input! We will share information as we receive it and ensure there are opportunities to have your ideas considered. Our discussions with the City suggest that consultations could begin fairly soon. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">In the meantime, we have developed a set of guiding principles to consider how to plan and develop the space. From our perspective, the park must:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">- support the whole community with design elements that work for both </span><a href="https://www.880cities.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">young and old</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">- include elements that make the space accessible to as many as possible </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">- encourage use in all four seasons</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">- encourage open-ended play and use</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">- tie into the long and shorter-term history of the neighbourhood</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">- encourage traffic and community safety</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">- incorporate natural elements</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">If you have seen any amazing ideas that would fit the criteria and work in our pocket park, please send them our way! We’d also love to hear more about the history of this space on Spencer St., or the tiny nearby park that used to exist on Grange Ave. The Spencer house has some obvious remnants of a lovingly tended garden and rumours suggest a well manicured lawn that was trimmed using scissors! All ideas, photos and stories welcome! We may share through our social media for inspiration. Send to: </span><a href="mailto:wvca.park@gmail.com?subject=Spencer%20Street%20Park" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">wvca.park@gmail.com</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">We are also continuing to advocate for a stop sign on Spencer Ave at Huron N and we are tracking progress on this issue with Councillor Leiper.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Planning and Development - MTO rapid replacement of 417 bridges </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">WVCA members took part in a project meeting with the Ministry of Transportation about future bridge replacement on the 417. You may have noticed repairs happening on bridges in Centretown, and eventually it will be our turn! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">While expected construction is ~6 years away, planning is already underway. Replacing the bridge will require a staging area that is within 500m of the site. Of most interest, is the concern that Fisher Park School grounds may be considered for staging during the future Holland bridge replacement. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Consultations to identify an appropriate staging site are set to begin this summer. We will work to ensure that you are kept informed, in particular requesting that future Fisher Park students / parents / staff / nearby residents are included. We will also open discussions with other impacted community associations surrounding the other 417 bridges that are set to be replaced, as well as our city councilor. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Update from Councillor’s office:</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Community open house for a development application recently submitted for 1806 Scott Street. The application being made is to construct a four-storey low-rise apartment building, located at the corner of Rockhurst Road and Scott Street.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Open house: Wednesday, April 26th, at 7:00pm, to be hosted over Zoom. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">You can find all the details on the application, including the Zoom details, on the Kitchissippi Ward page: </span><a href="http://kitchissippiward.ca/content/1806-scott-street-zoning-law-amendment-and-site-plan-control-applications" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">1806 Scott Street - Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control Applications | Kitchissippi Ward.</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Events<br /><br />Have an upcoming event? Let us know and we can help spread the word. We’ve been known to provide freezies!</strong></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><strong> </strong></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Spring Clean Up! </strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">We encourage neighbours to take time to clean their own yards and streets in a bee and bug friendly way. In upcoming weeks you can find tips & tools to host your own street clean up by visiting our </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVCAOTTAWA" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Facebook page</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">. While we don’t want to disturb the pollinators, we do find that around Earth Day is often a good time to clean–let’s hope the gardens are blooming by April 22nd! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jane’s Walk – May 6th / 7th</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jane’s Walks are back this year! These amazing walks take place every spring in Ottawa and around the world! Walks are free, community-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs. The aim is to encourage people to lead their own walks about their neighbourhoods, discover unseen aspects of their own communities and use walking as a way to connect with neighbours. We’ve heard rumblings that our friends at Neighbours for Tunney’s might be hosting a walk. And there will be many others for sure. </span><a href="https://www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/8199" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Keep an eye on the website</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> for this year’s schedule. Please note that advanced sign-up will be required. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Are you paid up?</strong></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Membership funds–you’re already a member just by living within the boundaries! As always, we appreciate your support to help us run events and engage with residents. While $10 is the suggested membership fee, the WVCA appreciates donations of any amount. We’re happy to pick up a cheque or accept e-transfers: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><strong>E-transfer to: <a href="mailto:wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com?subject=WVCA%20membership" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com</a></strong></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">*Please include your contact details in the Message section to let us know how to reach you—to confirm and thank you for your donation.</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Spread the news! Please share this newsletter with Wellington Village neighbours. Those interested can sign up on the </span><a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">landing page of our website</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">And join us on social media. We’re on Facebook and Twitter as the Wellington Village Community Association. </span><h2 class="mc-toc-title" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Join us at our next meeting! </span></h2><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">April 17th, 7:30pm, Fisher Park School, Rm 112, Holland entrance. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><h2 class="mc-toc-title" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Find us here: </span></strong></h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>e: </strong><a href="mailto:president@wvca.ca" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">president@wvca.ca</a></span></h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>w:</strong> <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;">www.wvca.ca</a></span></h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>f: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVCAOTTAWA" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@WVCAOTTAWA</a></span></h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>t: </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/theWVCA" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@theWVCA</a></span></h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /><strong style="font-size: 18px;">We’re better together!</strong></h2>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-18987573967120036802023-03-26T14:47:00.002-04:002023-03-26T14:47:42.219-04:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Monday March 27th at 7:30 p.m.<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Good day,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The WVCA is holding its next board meeting this coming Monday evening, March 27th, from 7:30-9:00 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We are back to our former meeting location at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community residents are welcome to attend.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Proposed Agenda</span></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></u></span></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Welcome and introductions</span></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><ol start="2" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Approve minutes from last meeting </span></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><ol start="3" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Board Updates </span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">President updates</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Secretary: Review action items from previous meeting</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Treasurer’s Report</span></span></p></li></ul></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><br /></b></span></p><ol start="4" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Updates from Committees</b></span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Planning and Development </span></span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Huron Ave N & Caroline Ave Renewal</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Mizrahi</span></span></p></li></ol><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Events </span></span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Spring clean up</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Jane's Walk in the spring</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Start to soccer</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">May long weekend</span></span></p></li></ol><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Communications (social media, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">newsletter & email insights)</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community Liaison (updates from recent meetings)</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Membership and Fundraising</span></span></p></li></ul></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><ol start="5" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Setting Goals</span></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><ol start="6" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">AGM planning</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Establish date, venue + agenda</span></span></p></li></ul></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><ol start="7" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Special projects:</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Parkette on Spencer </span></span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Parameters and role for WVCA</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Neighbourhood group</span></span></p></li></ol><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Tunney’s Pasture Redevelopment</span></span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Community Perspectives Group - next meeting </span></span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">NFT</span></span></p></li></ol></ul></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6ba754f4-7fff-fda2-2d63-b5ea52c58b6d" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></p><ol start="8" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">April meeting</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">AGM program</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Invite Fisher Park Rec Association</span></span></p></li></ul></ol>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-25055272231714633332023-02-24T14:14:00.001-05:002023-02-24T14:14:15.795-05:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Monday February 27th at 7:30 p.m.<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Good day,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The WVCA is holding its next board meeting this coming Monday evening, February 27th, from7:30-9:00 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are back to our former meeting location at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Community residents are welcome to attend.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Proposed Agenda</span></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94f63b80-7fff-9577-a533-9633dfd96cf2"></span></span></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome and introductions</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Approve minutes from last meeting </span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Review action items from previous meeting</span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Board Updates </span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Treasurer’s Report</span></span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Donations</span></span></p></li></ol><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Communications and marketing </span></span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Newsletter </span></span></p></li><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Email insights </span></span></p></li></ol><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Community Meetings</span></span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="3" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">K9</span></span></p></li></ol></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Board Governance</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Committees</span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Setting Goals:</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fundraising</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Membership</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Communications</span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parkette on Spencer </span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parameters and role for WVCA </span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neighbourhood group</span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tunney’s Pasture Redevelopment</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Updates from Community Perspectives Group </span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Indigenous Community Building </span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Huron Ave N & Caroline Ave Renewal</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Starting spring 2023. </span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Traffic congestion around Elmdale </span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Role of WVCA and ongoing challenges</span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Traffic issues on Scott Street and adjoining streets</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sponsoring/financial support for community events </span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Identifying events WVCA can sponsor</span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">AGM planning</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Establish date, venue</span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Community updates news:</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jane's Walk in the spring. </span></span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">March meeting</span></span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">AGM program</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Invite Fisher Park Rec Association</span></span></p></li></ul></ol>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-84327491489007670002023-01-31T23:23:00.001-05:002023-04-23T13:49:31.189-04:00WVCA Newsletter: January 2023<p><i>(Sent 31 January at 11:20 p.m. to all subscribers)</i> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Greetings Wellington Village Neighbours!</strong><br /><br />Read on to learn all about the news and events our Community Association has been working on this past month. <br /><br /><strong>Fisher Park Winter Carnival</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">We are so pleased that our local winter carnival is back! Look for our WVCA table near the warming hut–we’ll be there and we’d love to meet and chat about all things local. <br /><br /><img data-file-id="6984257" height="540" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d32200f8807690f7ee1e44d22/images/11f5b39c-f4ff-a57f-a3e4-307a227fbeee.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 540px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 806px;" width="806" /></p><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Spencer Street Parkette </strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">If you haven’t heard the news, Wellington Village is getting a new park! This is thanks to Councillor Leiper’s commitment to greenspace expansion and to the work of the City’s Real Estate and Parks & Rec. departments. The WVCA and local residents also played a key role by advocating for more greenspace and encouraging this project. The past few decades have seen several losses of greenspace in Wellington Village–from the parkette and wading pool at Grange and Scott, to the school yard and tennis courts near St. George church on Piccadilly–so this is a very positive new trend. <br /><br />Our thanks to Councillor Jeff Leiper and the City for jumping on this opportunity. We will be working with the community to put forward a vision for the space and share information about the City’s engagement work.</p><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><strong>Cars and People at Elmdale School </strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">The WVCA discussed the issues of congestion and traffic safety concerns surrounding Elmdale School. The situation, exacerbated by significant snowfall and snowbanks, is making key streets impassable and unsafe. <br /><br />The WVCA has reached out to the school and Parent Council, the School Trustee and our City Councillor. We know that there were issues with the snow dumping site that have created delays in snow removal this season, and we expect things should improve soon. <br /><br />Our Board also inquired as to whether school zones could be prioritized for snow removal but learned that it is more efficient to clear areas in a continuous flow pattern rather than piecemeal. <br /><br />We also discussed advocating for more active transportation options, such as the walking school buses and walk-a-block initiative, to minimize cars on the road in general. <br /><br />We love hearing from you about these issues, and it helps us advocate for our community when we’re informed by your experiences <br /><br />Please feel free to reach out to us to register a neighbourhood issue and please report specific issues to 3-1-1. </p><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><strong>Neighbours for Tunney’s</strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">The resident group, Neighbors for Tunney’s (NFT) meets regularly and welcomes the participation of representatives from each of the four surrounding community associations. Feedback from their <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14kvvERpipkuuK2p7RvBaN3RGJkRt4ubuaCN4NyPmcAE/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">December Newsletter</a> garnered responses indicating that residents would really like more specific details from Tunney’s project planners on <u>what is currently happening</u> at Tunney’s and <u>what is planned</u> for the future. The next NFT newsletter will aim to address these questions. <br /><br />The main themes that continue to rank as priorities include: maintaining trail connections to the river; inclusion of a multi-use recreation centre/facilities; meeting City targets on green space; and affordable housing. As well, residents would like adequate opportunities for engagement, including Indigenous representation; and be kept informed of schedules for construction, including demolition and fencing plans. <br /><br />The WVCA notes that a related aspect of the Tunney’s development concerns traffic pattern changes in the streets near Tunney’s. The Board believes that this significant impact merits a City-led traffic plan for our neighbourhood. This includes the concerns raised by residents on Smirle Ave about the new bridge and traffic light. <br /><br />The WVCA strongly supports the work of Neighbours for Tunney’s. As a wholly resident formed group, any/all local residents, businesses, employees, etc. are encouraged to sign up for the newsletter or send in comments: <a href="mailto:neighboursfortunneys@gmail.com?subject=Neighbours%20for%20Tunney%27s" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">neighboursfortunneys@gmail.com</a><br /> </p><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Mizrahi Wellington Lane Closure</strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">On Wellington St. W. there is a long-term lane closure near the Mizrahi condominium build at Island Park. This closure makes it difficult for pedestrians to cross Wellington street. We understand that Mizhrahi will install a sidewalk in the next two to three weeks, which will be unavailable at times during the 9-3 period. <br /><br />The board discussed different traffic safety measures developers could offer should they need to disrupt sidewalks and roads for their build. For example, installing a temporary crosswalk, and improving signage for pedestrians ahead of the sidewalk closure. <br /><br />We recently followed up with the Mizrahi development about the Parkette as part of the development. This was promised for the area surrounding the western edge where many mature coniferous trees once stood. See: plans for <a href="https://kitchissippiward.ca/sites/default/files/rockhurst_park_final_presentation.pdf" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Rockhurst Parkette</a>. We will share an update when we hear back! </p><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><strong>What else is the WVCA up to? </strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">The Wellington Village Community Association works on many other initiatives and issues and we welcome all volunteers. Do you have a special skill or experience? An idea or passion project you’d like to see in the Village? We love hearing from neighbours interested in helping out to make this great community even better.<br /> <br />Here are some examples of projects we support on an ongoing basis: </p><ul dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">We work regularly with the eight other community associations in Kitchissippi ward on all sorts of shared issues including the redevelopment of Tunney’s Pasture, hosting election debates in our riding, feeding in on traffic and development concerns, addressing tree canopy loss, etc.</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">We’re engaged in other groups, including the Tunney’s Pasture Community Perspectives Group, the WWBIA Placemaking Committee, Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES Ottawa), and working with the Hintonburg CA on Cleaning the Capital and their Environment committee</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Attending meetings of the FCA (Federation of Community Associations) on topics such as community association insurance </li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Updating our membership policy and creating a new postcard for our member drive </li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">We have our hand in various traffic issues such as the recent changes at Scott and Holland and the upcoming road work on Huron and Caroline avenues. </li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">We also have a well known Historian on our Board! Check out Dave Allston’s most recent <a href="https://kitchissippimuseum.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-1934-hintonburg-island-park-drive.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">post to the Kitchissippi Museum</a>–an incredible action story involving a high speed chase and shoot-out right here in our area, back in 1934! </p><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><strong>Are you paid up?</strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Membership funds–You’re already a member just by living within the boundaries! As always, we appreciate your support to help us run events and engage with residents. While $10 is the suggested membership fee, the WVCA appreciates donations of any amount. We’re happy to pick up a cheque or you can e-transfer.<br /> <br /><strong>E-transfer to:</strong> <a href="mailto:wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com?subject=WVCA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com</a><br /><em>*Please include your contact details in the Message section to let us know how to reach you—to confirm and thank you for your donation.</em><br /><br />Spread the news! Please share this newsletter with Wellington Village neighbours. Those interested can sign up on the <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">landing page of our website.</a><br /><br />And join us on social media, we’re on Facebook and Twitter as the Wellington Village Community Association. </p><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </h3><h3 class="null" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Join us at our next meeting! </strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">February 27th, 7:15pm, Fisher Park School, Rm 112, Holland entrance. <br /> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Find us here: </span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>e: </strong><a href="mailto:president@wvca.ca" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">president@wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>w:</strong> <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">www.wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>f: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVCAOTTAWA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@WVCAOTTAWA</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>t: </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/theWVCA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@theWVCA</a></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /><strong style="font-size: 18px;">We’re better together!</strong></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-23733860307292022052023-01-14T13:55:00.002-05:002023-01-15T23:07:20.636-05:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Monday January 16th at 7:30 p.m.<p>Good day,</p><p>The WVCA is holding its next board meeting this coming Monday evening, January 16th, at 7:30 p.m.</p><p>This is a return to live in-person meetings for us. We are back to our former meeting location at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Avenue). Use the doors at the Holland Avenue end. When you enter, go down the hallway to your right and it will be one of the first classrooms on your left (room 112?)</p><p>We are looking at methods of holding our meetings as a hybrid in-person with virtual capability, but may not have that arranged in time for this week. </p><p>Community residents are welcome to attend.</p><p><b><u>Agenda :</u></b></p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Approval of Minutes </p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Community Updates:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Spencer – Huron Parkette</li><li>Neighbours for Tunney’s </li><li>Pedestrians/traffic issue at Elmdale </li><li>Gould neighbour pitch to Committee of Adjustment (CoA)</li></ul><p></p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Future Projects </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fisher Park Winter Carnival early February</li></ul><p></p><p>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Organizational Issues</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Treasurer’s Report</li><li>Membership </li><li>Communications</li><li>Roundtable – Community meetings </li></ul><p></p><p>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Next Meeting </p><div><br /></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-91906569420808746372022-12-06T12:24:00.002-05:002023-04-23T13:50:17.457-04:00WVCA Newsletter: December 2022<i>(Sent 6 December at 12:24 p.m. to all subscribers)</i> <div><br /></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Highlights from the WVCA November 2022 meeting</strong></span></span><span style="color: mediumblue;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong> </strong></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><img data-file-id="6964757" height="527" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d32200f8807690f7ee1e44d22/images/f5d939c0-4155-03ce-88a0-d9c36da3d00e.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 527px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></strong><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">A shining moment from the Granville Avenue tree lighting event on November 26.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">During its meeting of November 17, 2022, the WVCA board discussed a range of issues of interest to the community:</span><br /> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Mask Wearing</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As we know, Ottawa Public Health is <a href="https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/masks.aspx" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">strongly recommending mask use in all indoor public settings</a> to help limit the risk of viral transmission, and protect health-care capacity, the board agreed to echo this advice in communications to the community–staying kind and doing our part to keep each other safe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa"> </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Byron Path Pumpkin Parade </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This year’s <a href="https://twitter.com/theWVCA/status/1587601833685655554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1587601833685655554%7Ctwgr%5E08225a8ee4a258d07b7070352f9f5b375d8b7218%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FtheWVCA2Fstatus2F1587601833685655554widget%3DTweet" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Byron Path Pumpkin Parade</a> featured close to 800 jack-o-lanterns! What an amazing display of community spirit, enjoyed by so many. That said, this is a volunteer-run event, and its growing success means increased logistical challenges. Organizer Anita Grace has asked that the WVCA consider partnering going forward. This would increase fundraising capacity which would be used primarily for the expense of hiring a company to assist with removing and transporting pumpkins to a farm for livestock feed. The WVCA Board is open to being part of this valued community event. As a first step we are seeking advice about the possible need for insurance. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa"> </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Huron Ave. </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Resident consultation will soon begin regarding Huron Avenue’s future road reconstruction. Plans will likely include measures to narrow the (very wide) Huron Ave. Some residents have made suggestions including a ‘woonerf’ or green boulevard design, but these may be limited by road width-constraints. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa"> </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Tunney’s Pasture </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Neighbours for Tunney’s is preparing an email to newly elected Mayor, <a href="https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/mayors-and-city-councillors/mark-sutcliffe-mayor" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Mark Sutcliffe</a>, returning Kitchissippi ward Councillor, <a href="https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/mayors-and-city-councillors/jeff-leiper-councillor-ward-15-kitchissippi" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Jeff Leiper</a>, and Ottawa Centre MP <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/constituencies/ottawa-centre(789)" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Yasir Naqvi</a> to make introductions and underscore community priorities as identified in the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11eoQjk0kn_GgEb2vpy05URFjG8zc5Cqq/view" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Neighbours for Tunney’s spring 2021 survey</a>. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">With the <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-argyle-avenue-ymca-sale-1.6631901" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">YMCA-YWCA selling its downtown building</a>, many community members have wondered if the organization might be interested in relocating its facilities to the Tunney’s site. We are in communications with councillor Leiper with our questions about this and we are hopeful for a meeting to learn more about the City’s plans for Parks and Recreation in the ward. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Further to pressing the City for details on the status of green space and recreation amenities at Tunney’s, the Board remains concerned about finding ways to mitigate the local traffic impact of any re-development at Tunney’s Pasture.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa"> </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Spencer Street Parkette</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The City arborist has been informed of the community’s interest in protecting any viable mature trees on the site of the future parkette at 115 Spencer. Local residents have already begun–informally–sharing ideas on naming options. More formal consultations with our Kitchissippi Ward councillor and neighbours will likely begin soon and carry on into 2023. If you’d like to be kept in the loop on the informal side of things, please send our working group an email: <a href="mailto:wvca.park@gmail.com" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">wvca.park@gmail.com</a>.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Art Installation</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">You may have noticed that “The Kiss”, the wrought-iron bicycle art installation by artist Maciek Peter Kozlowski, has disappeared from our Wellington Village streetscape (it was located at 1278 Wellington Street West, in front of the former Hair Committee storefront). This installation was part of a past Hintonburg Happening event, and the WVCA is asking community members for suggestions of possible new mainstreet locations in Wellington Village. If one cannot be found, there is a likelihood that the artwork will be installed at Parkdale Park.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img data-file-id="6964765" height="200" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d32200f8807690f7ee1e44d22/images/72dfd7b5-284e-ed2e-c03e-5606b0854940.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 200px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Treasurers’ Report</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The WVCA has received some funds through our website, but is looking into other options for receiving funds, for example using QR a code App to make donating easier for community members. Currently our main way to receive donations is cash or an e-transfer to <a href="mailto:wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The WVCA would also like to thank all of those who have made donations–this fall alone we’ve received close to $100 in donations–every dollar is appreciated! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Roundtable</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Board member Allan Kagedan attended a recent meeting hosted by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations of Ottawa. While the meeting included presentations on the value of community gardens, and the challenges posed by household waste disposal, concerns were raised about a number of provincial government initiatives that may have an adverse effect on municipalities across Ontario.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Coming up in Wellington Village… </strong></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fisher Park Christmas Craft Sale — The <a href="http://www.fisherparkrecreation.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fisher Park Community Recreation Council</a> held its annual Christmas Craft Sale on Saturday, December 3</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are hosting a community event please let us know - we are happy to amplify your event through our channels! </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: blue;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Calls to action… </strong></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The WVCA always needs more community volunteers, especially those with website expertise or interest in event planning. Please reach out to get involved! </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Membership funds–You’re already a member just by living within the boundaries! As always, we appreciate your support to help us run events and engage with residents. While $10 is the suggested membership fee, the WVCA appreciates donations of any amount. We’re happy to pick up a cheque or you can e-transfer. <br /><br />E-transfer to: <a href="mailto:wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com</a><br /><em>*Please include your contact details in the message section to let us know how to reach you—we’d like to confirm and give thanks for every donation.</em></span></p></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Spread the news! Please share this newsletter with Wellington Village neighbours. Those interested can sign up on the <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">landing page of our website.</a> </span></p></li></ul><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: blue;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-a07cbd51-7fff-7127-8359-9b42e1fa92aa">Join us at our next meeting!</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Our next meeting is planned for Thursday, December 15th. Follow our social media channels for details or send us an email to ensure you get the invite.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Find us here: </span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>e: </strong><a href="mailto:president@wvca.ca" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">president@wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>w:</strong> <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">www.wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>f: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVCAOTTAWA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@WVCAOTTAWA</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>t: </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/theWVCA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@theWVCA</a></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;">We’re better together!</strong></span></div></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-14779704897897683582022-11-12T22:36:00.005-05:002022-11-12T22:36:54.416-05:00WVCA Board Meeting (virtual) - Thursday November 17th at 7:30 p.m.<p>Good day,</p><p>The WVCA is holding its next board meeting this coming Thursday evening, November 17th, at 7:30 p.m. </p><p>Meeting location: Virtual (via Zoom at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84952526446?pwd=SEhuSmRiM0tGNVN1b0NCYjlFOXBDZz09">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84952526446?pwd=SEhuSmRiM0tGNVN1b0NCYjlFOXBDZz09</a>)</p><p>If the link doesn’t work, here is the meeting ID and passcode: Meeting ID: 849 5252 6446. Passcode: 314018</p><p><b>Proposed Agenda</b></p><div style="text-align: left;">1. Welcome and introductions<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. Community updates news<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. Events:<br /><span> </span>a. Byron Pumpkin Walk- ways to engage the WVCA in 2023<br /><span> </span>b. December event<br /><span> </span>c. SRO/Bike safety<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. Spencer Ave Parkette<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. Tunney’s Pasture<br /><span> </span>a. Updates from Tunney’s Pasture Update with Community Perspectives Group<br /><span> </span>b. Potential Rec facility<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">6. Board Updates<br /><span> </span>a. Treasurer’s Report<br /><span> </span><span> </span>i. Donations<br /><span> </span>b. Communications and marketing<br /><span> </span><span> </span>i. Newsletter<br /><span> </span><span> </span>ii. Email insights<br /><span> </span>c. Community Meetings<br /><span> </span><span> </span>i. K9<br /><span> </span>d. Community Engagement<br /><span> </span>e. Location for in-person meetings<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">7. Next meeting</div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-91985263117026962052022-10-27T14:02:00.003-04:002023-04-23T13:51:47.690-04:00WVCA Newsletter: Fall 2022<p> <i>(Sent 27 October at 2:02 p.m. to all subscribers)</i> </p><p><strong style="background-color: white; color: mediumblue; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">If you missed our October meeting… </strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b8c8e71f-7fff-c786-4e92-2dd8382de547"><img height="317.24812096892714" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/hrHMliTCnbFiYdiGnjgOKmzNAY-bsP-AY9y1hymxqgw1QR-bBKA8KzYQw7fSgc5ohwsIN-IPvJsG6gtgoNVJNwL3ikuQvSyPTwAjwtdwXR-3jxU9GhvDdO1VENZXO9JFOR2mu55EgZYOY3pKs4_UOkYNT1GEcc5I8GTCEu-0lHRb8qxCAKjGsq744_Js4BFc" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="473.006993006993" /></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The Byron path Pumpkin Path will be lit up again on the evening of November 1st, 2022. (Photo of past event: Bradley Amson) </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>The Wellington Village Community Association</strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"> and several community members met online on October 20th, 2022, to discuss the exciting events and issues that we will engage in over the coming months.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Exciting news–the City’s transaction of purchase has been finalized on </strong><a href="https://wellingtonvillageca.blogspot.com/2022/08/its-official-new-park-for-wellington_9.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">115 Spencer</a>! A new City of Ottawa park will be created on the site - a huge win for local residents and the entire WV community. We know that many important steps are in the works at the City–assigning a project manager, clearing permits for demolition, and working with forestry on tree identification and preservation–but in the meantime, it’s important to let us know if you’d like to stay informed about any opportunities for resident input on decision-making. Consultations with the Kitchissippi Ward councillor and neighbours will likely begin soon and carry on into 2023. Please indicate your interest by sending an email to <a href="mailto:wvca.park@gmail.com" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">wvca.park@gmail.com</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>The Pumpkin Parade is back!</strong> Byron Path will once again be all aglow on November 1st, as this popular tradition returns to our neighbourhood. There are many ways to take part, from contributing your carved Jack-O-Lanterns, donating tealight candles, or arriving just before dark to help with spacing & lighting up the path. We especially encourage early risers to join us the morning of Nov 2nd to help the Wellington West BIA in piling and loading the spent pumpkins. These highly-appreciated volunteers are rewarded with the satisfaction of knowing they are helping to fill the tummies of the happy pigs at Maple Hill Urban Farm with Wellington Village pumpkins (and rumour has it, early morning volunteers will get to fill their own tummies with some local treats as well). It’s a whinny win win! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Read more about the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/500325751914669/?active_tab=discussion" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Pumpkin Parade & Volunteer details here. </a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Special event, “Welcoming New Citizens to the Canadian Family.”</strong> This in-person event, hosted by our MP, Yasir Naqvi, was attended by WVCA president, Anne Murray. The celebratory event gave new Canadian citizens of the Ottawa Centre community a chance to connect with longstanding community members, and we are always pleased to have Wellington Village included in these gatherings. “Welcome, neighbours!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Tunney’s Pasture redevelopment, neighbourhood art installations, and meeting space for the WVCA</strong> were all topics of discussion that will require our attention through the fall. Please reach out if you would like to learn more or offer your involvement. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Website or social media savvy? Interested in event planning? Our Community Association needs you! Please be in touch if you can help lend a hand in bettering this great community; even as a one-off contribution. Email: <a href="mailto:president@wvca.ca" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">president@wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong> Coming up in Wellington Village… </strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Early engagement on the new park space in WV</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">WVCA Holiday event </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Introduction of the WVCA to our newly elected councilor and mayor. While the Municipal election took place after our last meeting, the WVCA extends our congratulations to our re-elected city councillor, Jeff Leiper, and Ottawa’s new mayor, Mark Sutcliffe</span><br /> </p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Calls to action… </strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As mentioned, the WVCA needs more community volunteers, especially those with website expertise or interest in event planning. Please reach out to get involved! </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The WVCA needs a new location to meet each month. Do you know of a space? Let us know! </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Membership funds–You’re already a member just by living within the boundaries! As always, we appreciate your support to help us run events and engage with residents. While $10 is the suggested membership fee, the WVCA appreciates donations of any amount. </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <strong> E-transfer to</strong>: <a href="mailto:wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com</a></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Spread the news! Please share this newsletter with Wellington Village neighbours. Those interested can also sign up on the <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">landing page of our website.</a> </span></p></li></ul><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Join us at our next meeting!</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">November 17, 7PM. Location TBD. Reach out via the President’s email below if you’d like to attend or consider becoming a member of our WVCA Board. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Find us here: </span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>e: </strong><a href="mailto:president@wvca.ca" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">president@wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>w:</strong> <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">www.wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>f: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVCAOTTAWA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@WVCAOTTAWA</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>t: </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/theWVCA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">@theWVCA</a></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;">We’re better together!</strong></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-73204076667777683722022-10-17T23:05:00.003-04:002022-10-17T23:05:37.449-04:00 Be prepared for municipal election day, October 24<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be prepared for municipal election day, October 24</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-3a78c569-7fff-626b-f8a8-41f2374345be"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 325px; overflow: hidden; width: 495px;"><img height="379.36933793717446" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w34B-OQu1TBSs1xA5mJOGwP9V1JAynVVB8gKlxZkgUMO0khU9c-gsmBtzcQkpK5u9i8mvk__rjqdxHa1-KX_lmTbqvZ3WRfuy9tSJnVenW9ZX15IYg_LX8xpEeeZ-lmiQiwTq9LkcjbNlAkY3tNB11hHWhLt4fwAnwQthAtG_Kl3s0jipjx7SJv-lg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: -5.684341886080802e-14px;" width="503.45291692336855" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Voting in the municipal election shapes our community, it’s the level of government that has the biggest presence in our day-to-day lives—with the responsibility for social services, roads and sidewalks, our parks and recreational spaces, library services, police services, and much more. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the same time, voting in municipal elections can seem more daunting than federal or provincial elections, because it involves researching the candidates running for mayor, councillor and school trustee all at once. Fear not: there are handy references to help.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The City of Ottawa website lets you </span><a href="https://elections.ottawa.ca/UI/CandidateList/CandidateList?fbclid=IwAR1GaZ2HAcL1GtqZIQUpZvLkA1cMTTIGAKT9lZaDH2pq0NvaXi8gNmmbyig" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">look up all the candidates</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for these three races in our</span><a href="https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/2022-municipal-elections/information-voters#section-ad2e502e-964c-46c8-99f4-488e9fcc8036" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ward and school zone</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> all at once — complete with links to their campaign sites — simply by inserting your street address. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The site also offers information on</span><a href="https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/2022-municipal-elections/information-voters#section-5f4c9bac-26b4-4e23-8c4e-ea1374768e83" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">voter eligibility</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and additional</span><a href="https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/2022-municipal-elections/information-voters" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">information for voters</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (on accessibility, identification, where and how to vote, et cetera).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The information is no further away than your keyboard so that when voting day rolls around on Monday, October 24, you’ll be ready to go to the polling booth.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s get out and vote, Wellington Village!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find us here: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">president@wvca.ca</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">w: </span><a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.wvca.ca</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">f:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVCAOTTAWA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WVCAOTTAWA</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">t:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/theWVCA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@theWVCA</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-74915110443719276102022-10-17T23:04:00.003-04:002022-10-17T23:04:31.978-04:00WVCA Board Meeting (virtual) - Thursday October 20th at 7 p.m.<p>Good day,</p><p>The WVCA is holding its next board meeting this coming Thursday evening, October 20th, at 7:00 p.m. </p><p>Meeting location: Virtual (Google Meet: <a href="https://meet.google.com/top-egzj-dye">https://meet.google.com/top-egzj-dye</a>)</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>General Assembly (7-730): <br /></b>- Welcome new members, roundtable and introductions<br />- General updates including:<br /><span> </span>* Updates on the Parkette</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>* Municipal election</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>*<span> </span>New concerns<i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Community/members-at-large may drop off the call</i><br />- Updates:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>* Treasurers' report <br /><span> </span>* Meetings attended (K9)<br /><span> </span>* Newcomers' Event hosted by Yasir Yaqvi<br /><span> </span>* Communications updates: newsletter + stats, opportunity for a new website, agenda for upcoming topics<br /><span> </span>* Discuss Committees + elect Directors </div><p>Previous meeting minutes can be found in the "Meetings" tab of our website.</p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-24770481241049351382022-10-12T10:23:00.000-04:002023-04-23T13:52:53.983-04:00WVCA Newsletter: October 2022<p> <i>(Sent 12 October 10:23 a.m. to all subscribers)</i> </p><div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-13e78036-7fff-9512-a556-d1166956e1fa">If you missed our September meeting… </strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-13e78036-7fff-9512-a556-d1166956e1fa"> <img alt="A photo of multi-coloured pumpkins" height="326" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3dPDJhCpYWMQ1la6ij8_87xNbMIb-oz1qe9jnybaNcOi9U4N2o2QYE3xBSjKCbxeKiO1qXvvDMi8fCNfU0LBYdy04yF6PlS53RZu6dforVOensk114drsV_1Lfb74XgnzBU_m8tYtSaN-x9zIrC1qtlUqqSTiNhxcFfDRlO3CmdkIvjnDepH_3zq57vq" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" title="Fall photo" width="435" /></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">With the chill in the air signaling the arrival of fall, the WVCA met on September 22, 2022, to discuss the activities and concerns that will hold our focus over the coming months.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>The WVCA welcomes a new President!</strong> Local resident Anne Murray has stepped into the role, replacing Dave Allston. Thank you Anne! And while we have filled the roles of Treasurer, Secretary, and Communications, we do need more members to round out our work, especially on topics of development, fundraising, promotion and event planning. Please reach out to us if you’d like to pitch in. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Smirle Avenue was discussed</strong>, namely resident concerns about the <a href="https://wellingtonvillageca.blogspot.com/2022/03/assessing-impact-of-new-access-to.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">new bridge to Tunney’s Pasture</a>. The WVCA is still not privy to the full plans for the redevelopment of the Tunney’s campus but we do believe that the new bridge will serve as a main connection to the redesigned community, with a route leading directly north to the Parkway. Our group decided to defer this topic until after the <a href="https://elections.ottawa.ca/UI/CandidateList/CandidateList?fbclid=IwAR1GaZ2HAcL1GtqZIQUpZvLkA1cMTTIGAKT9lZaDH2pq0NvaXi8gNmmbyig" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">municipal election</a> takes place on Oct 24th, and then meet with our councillor to discuss options. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>We highlighted the expected closing date of the City’s acquisition of <a href="https://wellingtonvillageca.blogspot.com/2022/08/its-official-new-park-for-wellington_9.html" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;">115 Spencer</a></strong>. We would like to plan a celebratory neighbourhood gathering when it happens, later this fall. We also plan to start compiling ideas for the space, to be done in consultation with the Kitchissippi Ward councillor, and neighbours over the winter and into 2023. Further, we will continue to voice our immediate concern around and interest in protecting the two mature boundary trees. The house demolition date is uncertain but there is an indication that it could take place before the snow flies. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Coyotes!</strong> We know that local coyote sightings have increased, especially in the park areas near the Ottawa River and the property surrounding Tunney’s. With thanks to our neighbours in Champlain Park we can share <a href="https://champlainpark.org/2022/02/20/notice-to-residents-coyote-sightings/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">these useful steps</a> you should take if you interact with, see, or hear of resident encounters with coyotes: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>We continue to follow the Mizrahi development </strong>nearing completion at 1451 Wellington, and the promised “Rockhurst Parkette” that is planned for the space (on the western border where several towering evergreens once stood). Our WVCA has reached out to Mizrahi twice earlier in 2022 for details, with no reply. We encourage surrounding residents with an interest in this topic to reach out to us. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Neighbour requests regarding development</strong> are a constant theme of our meetings so we agreed to review our WVCA Code of Conduct (for developers) and re-share it with our members. Importantly, the WVCA would like to recruit more Board members with a passion / expertise in themes surrounding development, infill, Ottawa’s Community Design Plan (CDP), zoning etc. Please reach out to us. </span><br /> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Coming up in Wellington Village… </strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Pumpkin Parade! The WVCA would like to do more to help promote & run this popular annual event. Please reach out if you are keen. </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Stay tuned! We should soon be celebrating a local City land acquisition! </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">We plan to engage with a newly elected councilor and mayor</span><br /> </p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Calls to action… </strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The WVCA needs more community volunteers, please reach out to get involved! </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The WVCA is also researching a new location to meet each month. Do you know of a space? Let us know! </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As always, we appreciate your membership funds. While $10 is the suggested membership fee, the WVCA would appreciate your donation of any amount. </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> E-transfer to: wvca.ottawa.treasurer@gmail.com</span><br /> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Our next meeting is… </strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">October 20. Location TBD. Just reach out via the President’s email below, if you’d like to attend. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Find us here: </span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>e: </strong>president@wvca.ca</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>w:</strong> <a href="http://www.wvca.ca/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">www.wvca.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>f: </strong>@WVCAOTTAWA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>t: </strong>@theWVCA</span><br /> </p><div style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;">We’re better together!</strong></div></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-85380964061514719272022-09-21T08:52:00.000-04:002022-09-21T08:52:04.330-04:00WVCA Board Meeting (in-person) - Thursday September 22nd at 7 p.m.<p>Good day,</p><p>The WVCA is holding its next board meeting this coming Thursday evening, September 22nd, at 7:00 p.m. </p><p>Members of the community are always welcome to attend. This will be our first in-person meeting after 2+ years of virtual meetings.</p><p>Meeting location: 32 Granville Avenue (side porch)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">– AGENDA--</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">1. Nomination of Secretary for the meeting</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2. Approval of minutes from previous meeting</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">3. WVCA Executive Roles for 2022-23 (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer)</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">4. Community work:</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- Smirle Ave </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- Parkette on Spencer </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- responding to individual requests for support (CoA)</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">5. Municipal Election</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">6. Roundtable</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">7. Next WVCA Meeting</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">8. Motion to Close</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">*Agenda subject to change prior to meeting.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><p>Previous meeting minutes can be found in the "Meetings" tab of our website.</p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-17672965655377701612022-08-09T10:14:00.001-04:002022-08-15T14:44:16.232-04:00It's official! A new park for Wellington Village!<p> After years of pushing for much-needed park space in Wellington Village, it appears our dream is about to become reality! Jeff Leiper announced in his recent Newsletter update (Kitchissippi Weekly Email 318 on August 5th) that the City's acquisition of 115 Spencer Street (at the north-west corner of Huron Avenue North) is complete! </p><div>Here is what Jeff wrote this past weekend:<div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">As I noted in a previous newsletter, I've been hoping to use our ward's cash-in-lieu of parkland fund to acquire the property at 115 Spencer to turn into a park - the area very much needs it. I'm happy to say that I came back from vacation to news that the sale is now firm! It will close sometime in mid-September unless the buyer and seller accelerate that. Our parks folks have already engaged infrastructure services and the first step will be demolition as soon as possible. Over the winter we'll consult on how that park should be built and with some luck we can break ground early next year.</span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div>And here is a longer piece he wrote in Kitchissippi Weekly Email 316 on June 26th:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="color: #800180;">I'm thrilled to say that it looks like we're very close to acquiring the property at 115 Spencer to be re-developed into a park. That acquisition will be finalized when it get a clean environmental bill of health, and after community members researched the parcel's history it seems almost certain that it is uncontaminated. It will take a while to actually become a park, and there will have to be a demolition and then consultations on how residents would like to see it configured. The good news is that our ward has a very healthy cash balance in parkland funds, and this should be a priority for the city.</span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">It is only in the past six months that, in consultation with community members, I've contemplated diverging from the parks plan that we developed together in the last term of Council. However, the message I continue to hear from residents is that park space and space for trees is critically important - and that has only become more resonant and insistent as the implications of the new Official Plan, the Westboro Infill rules, and the new R4 zoning have become clear.</span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">Over the Christmas holidays, we had a unique opportunity to acquire parcels and expand another park. Ultimately, despite extremely hard work by City real estate and parks staff over our holidays, we simply couldn't compete for the parcels on the open market in this instance, and several structural hurdles were identified that I expect will be addressed in the next term of Council when we craft an urban parkland acquisitions strategy. </span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">When I agreed to pursue that opportunity, I also made a commitment that I would consider diverging from our parks plan if an opportunity came up in the area bounded by Scott/Holland/Wellington/Island Park. That is a very populous area and residents have to cross an arterial in every direction to get to a play structure. </span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">Residents alerted me to this corner lot, and I hope in a few weeks I'll be able to say the rest is history.</span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">The use of our ward parkland funds will become more constrained in the coming years as a result of provincial changes. Some of the control over those funds (which come from development) that councillors have enjoyed will be reined in through the creation of spending plans more akin to how development charges are calculated and allocated. To date, I've been able to use those funds flexibly to achieve a complete re-development of Laroche Park including marquee field house attracting millions in City money to the effort, build a very well-used new field house at Van Lang, achieve amenity and climate resiliency upgrades at Dovercourt (in addition to helping keep it afloat in the pandemic through restructuring some of their own investments), de-pave Pontiac Street to enable the incredible work Champlain Park volunteers have been doing there, and to do lots of other small one-off projects. That will change. I believe that by pivoting to take advantage of an opportunity to buy land we are dovetailing with changing needs. Property values in our ward are not going down, and it behooves us to be nimble in our approaches.</span></div></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1wt4Io5Eq7hM6gvmQEyYwn1p7QF5ic3adUJztLSKueGkZ2v6jmGPDDSmo47IfVpKTtulnnETAwlYn1XNtBA0XL6b-RZ3VktcQFRSqI7mdpPyOulLqgvb66u3_RWPeQiwEUZYXkEGlXOajVbxgAZuoAOBXPz0ZktwNhJx42xe-41aVJ5NNGCUouJcSg/s1299/115spencer.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1299" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1wt4Io5Eq7hM6gvmQEyYwn1p7QF5ic3adUJztLSKueGkZ2v6jmGPDDSmo47IfVpKTtulnnETAwlYn1XNtBA0XL6b-RZ3VktcQFRSqI7mdpPyOulLqgvb66u3_RWPeQiwEUZYXkEGlXOajVbxgAZuoAOBXPz0ZktwNhJx42xe-41aVJ5NNGCUouJcSg/s320/115spencer.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div>The house that stands there now was the long-time home of the Connell family from 1950-2003. It was built in the fall-winter of 1943-1944 by local builder Michael W. Cain. Prior to that, the lot sat vacant, and was originally part of the upper north-west corner of the 19th century Hinton farm. The lot was sold in the original 1920 auction for $275, but at the time this area of Wellington Village was still susceptible to heavy flooding, so it was one of the last lots to be built on. Believe it or not, the original lot owner surrendered it to the City at the onset of the depression in 1928 over $17.74 of unpaid taxes!</div><div><br /></div></div><div>The lot is exceptionally deep, at 130 feet (most of the lot depths in north WV are 100 feet), and is 33 feet wide.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>So Wellington Village residents, it is time to start thinking about what YOU would like to see in the park! Jeff's office will be looking for input on how the space will be used, laid out, purchases to be made, etc. There is no forum yet established for this input, but rest assured we will share this information with you as soon as it becomes available! </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>The WVCA will have a role in helping coordinate this feedback, so if you are not yet on our mailing list, please visit <a href="http://www.wvca.ca">www.wvca.ca</a> and add your email via the form on the right-side of our webpage!</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a huge win for Wellington Village, and a great success to have dedicated park space back in the north half of our neighbourhood since we lost Grange Park back in the mid-1990s!</div><div><br /></div>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-85592181992249048352022-06-12T12:18:00.000-04:002022-06-12T12:18:00.689-04:00Have your say about the future of Tunney’s Pasture<p>If you have ever walked around Tunney’s Pasture, you have likely found yourself imagining how the 49-hectare federal government campus could be transformed into a dynamic, multi-use space. </p><p>What do you picture when you imagine it as more than a work environment, when you start to envision adding features like housing and recreational spaces, or other possibilities?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now is the chance to weigh in on the future of Tunney’s Pasture, by providing your feedback to the <a href="https://engage.clc-sic.ca/tunney-s-pasture-vision-to-reality?preview=true&tool=survey_tool#tool_tab" target="_blank">public consultations</a> hosted by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), and the Canada Lands Company (CLC).</p><p><br /></p><p>Members of the public are invited to fill out an <a href="https://engage.clc-sic.ca/tunney-s-pasture-vision-to-reality/survey_tools/survey" target="_blank">online survey</a>, open until Sunday, June 19, to provide their thoughts on integrating Tunney’s Pasture with the communities that surround it. </p><p>In addition, PSPC and CLC are in the process of forming a <a href="https://engage.clc-sic.ca/tunney-s-pasture-vision-to-reality/news_feed/join-the-tunney-s-pasture-cpg" target="_blank">Communities Perspectives Group</a> (CPG) as a forum to bring forward and consider the wide-ranging viewpoints of community members and interest groups as the planning and redevelopment proceed. If you are interested being part of the CPG, please review the <a href="https://engage.clc-sic.ca/tunney-s-cpg-tor" target="_blank">terms of reference and selection criteria</a> and submit a completed application form by Sunday, June 19. </p><p>Further to the recently held engagement sessions, the partners are also organizing an online Questions and Answers Coffee House on Monday, June 20, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Participants are asked to register in advance of attending.</p><p>Finally, if you happen to be speaking to neighbours, please invite them to join <a href="http://www.neighboursfortunneys.ca/" target="_blank">Neighbours for Tunney’s</a> to stay up to date on news and events about Tunney's Pasture. Simply send an email to NeighboursforTunneys@gmail.com. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTkTRdxJ8ydvNpWYLO20FfrJan9PVOGN5bTCfqtO0lhhHk9F294FlpIp_NjHQE3_k9rm0jFxMTilis3qxY5AYXD2WuIQeCI_lmNYs1uO-zRT6HhZgAvFd34JPKtspB7o8daQhAtD5lPGBcUegqJVKM4JgEXNcbrdzlDXnYdwXcm4S-x5yr6b11SCr5A/s1280/Tunney's%20sign%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTkTRdxJ8ydvNpWYLO20FfrJan9PVOGN5bTCfqtO0lhhHk9F294FlpIp_NjHQE3_k9rm0jFxMTilis3qxY5AYXD2WuIQeCI_lmNYs1uO-zRT6HhZgAvFd34JPKtspB7o8daQhAtD5lPGBcUegqJVKM4JgEXNcbrdzlDXnYdwXcm4S-x5yr6b11SCr5A/s320/Tunney's%20sign%20.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0D_6dG8O42FJ8VUx4S-yC0_Tj3jCB6xv_9O3LPWyXWMqUPNfCggXh8zoT8EIbc2CWmlkI-D0VhYstNKCXdMfRsMrgEmvIH0bbuOeiGDIF7PzXgA_5wnL-dwOc71iBT3n_4UMlcUnciKr0Et792xfYUT3vHLCy91xZg3eduOr3fnm1KXSohcgfsrb-Q/s1280/Tunney's%20station.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0D_6dG8O42FJ8VUx4S-yC0_Tj3jCB6xv_9O3LPWyXWMqUPNfCggXh8zoT8EIbc2CWmlkI-D0VhYstNKCXdMfRsMrgEmvIH0bbuOeiGDIF7PzXgA_5wnL-dwOc71iBT3n_4UMlcUnciKr0Et792xfYUT3vHLCy91xZg3eduOr3fnm1KXSohcgfsrb-Q/s320/Tunney's%20station.jpeg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425007907698798314.post-25343189576337005652022-06-06T16:29:00.000-04:002022-06-06T16:29:52.214-04:00WVCA Community Meeting 8:00-9:00, June 6, 2022<h3 style="text-align: left;"> Meeting Link for community meeting: </h3><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline-table; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;" summary="Event details"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px;" valign="top"><span content="meet.google.com/xbi-hqwj-bwy"><span content="https://meet.google.com/xbi-hqwj-bwy?hs=224"><span content="GET"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://meet.google.com/xbi-hqwj-bwy?hs%3D224&source=gmail&ust=1654633653299000&usg=AOvVaw0R_dj-SGJyTf6k_aN4AcHl" href="https://meet.google.com/xbi-hqwj-bwy?hs=224" style="color: #2200cc; white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank">meet.google.com/xbi-hqwj-bwy</a></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Wellington Village Community Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483211119988465616noreply@blogger.com0