The Annual General Meeting is coming up on October 10th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The meeting will take place at Severn Public School. The agenda is being finalized, but we will review some of the achievements this year, and have elections for the Board. We are also hoping to have one or more of the Bay Ward candidates for City Council appear to meet residents and answer some questions. We are always looking for volunteers to join the Board, think about signing up!
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LRT: Get Ready for LRT Phase II
The new year will bring to a close disruptions associated with construction of the first phase of Ottawa’s light rail project and in a few months we will all be able to take advantage of the convenience of a modern public transport system. Also this year, plans crystallize for LRT Stage 2; east-, west- and south-bound extensions of the first phase. Queensway Terrace North (QTN) and Woodpark communities, in particular, straddle the area immediately surrounding the junction proposed for Bayshore and Baseline legs of the new line. This means our respective communities will likely change a good deal in the coming years. On the one hand, it will be easier to skip from one end of town to the other, shop in the Bayshore centre or the Market, even catch a movie in South Keys. All of these things will be easier to do with sufficient time to get back home and make dinner or to relax with our families. On the other hand, the fact that our communities straddle a main transit junction point introduces new opportunities, even challenges. While some opportunities and challenges may be foreseeable others perhaps not so much.
Infrastructure: Our Community Changes with New In-Fill Housing Projects
It is natural for most of us to welcome new housing projects in Queensway Terrance North (QTN) while, at the same time, wondering how they may eventually influence, even change, the character that makes this such a good place to live. It seems balancing renewal along with efforts to preserve and enhance as our community grows and develops is not easy to strike or maintain.