Convent: Important Update

Of interest to anyone following the Convent issue:

http://hamptoniona.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/important-update-90-114-richmond-road/

Fall Cleaning the Capital campaign / la campagne Le Grand m

Pitch in to give your city a clean sweep during the Fall Cleaning the Capital campaign

Ottawa - Residents of all ages are invited to join the City

Invitation to a Heritage Forum for Ottawa Communities

Are you worried about losing heritage buildings and resources in your community? Are you wondering how to identify and protect the heritage of your community? Do you know where to get advice on researching heritage buildings? what tools are available to protect heritage and how to get them in your community? how to find the expertise you need to convince others (including City Councillors and developers) that your heritage resources are worth protecting?

Applications going to the Committee of Adjustment on August 17

Minor Variance Applications near Wellington Village
Public Hearings being held at the August Committee of Adjustment meeting (August 17, starting at 1pm, Ben Franklin Place, The Chamber, Main Floor, 101 Centrepointe Drive)
1) from 201 Parkdale Group Inc. for 201 Parkdale Avenue
Purpose of Application: A 15-storey apartment building is currently under construction, and the Owner is now applying to reduce the required number of onsite visitor parking spaces.
Relief Required: A reduced number of visitor parking spaces of 8, whereas the by-law requires a minium of 18 visitor parking spaces.
2) from Falsetto Homes Inc. for 222 and 226 Northwestern Avenue
Purpose of Application: "The Owner wants to demolish the existing detached dwelling on the property and subdivide the property into two separate parcels of land to create separate ownerships for a new 2-storey semi-detached dwelling, with roof top deck, with one unit on each of the new parcels.
Relief Required: for 222 Northwestern and 226 Northwestern, to permit a reduced lot width of 7.62 metres, whereas the by-law requires a minimum lot width of 9.0 metres
Contact the Committee of Adjustment (cofa@ottawa.ca, 613-580-2436) or WVCA for additional information on any of these applications.

Communications from Katherine Hobbs: Inquiries at Council

The WVCA received this email from Councillor Katherine Hobbs:

Good Afternoon,

I wanted to bring to your attention three inquiries I submitted at the last City Council meeting. Inquiries are formal requests for information from staff that are entered into the official record of Council, on matters of importance in a Councillor

Halloween at Parkdale July 22

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Halloween at Parkdale July 22

 

 

This event was rained out Monday and will take place Friday, July 22.

 

 

 

 

 

HICG account of the convent settlement

Hampton Iona has posted a detailed account of the convent settlement...

http://hamptoniona.wordpress.com/convent/settlement-of-114-richmond-road-convent-omb-case/