Councillor Glen's Stittsville Updates

By Councillor Glen GowerGovernment

Councillor Glen's Stittsville Updates episodes

May 25, 2024 May 25: Village Square Park re-opening

Good morning! Lots of updates this week...

Happening this weekend:
- Village Square Park play ground re-opening on Sunday
- OC Transpo job fair today at Greenboro
- Road closure this weekend on Robert Grant Avenue & Haliburton Heights
- Writer’s Market – local authors at Main Street Café
- Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society plant sale
- Ottawa West Artists Association new exhibit

From the past week:
- Sacred Heart Relay for Life
- CNIB tour of transit stations
- Second year anniversary of the derecho
- Basketball nets
- Grass cutting
- Ottawa Fire burn permit reminder
- Traffic safety tip: Stop at stop sign

Coming up:
- May 26: iNaturalist Field Training Session
- May 30: Stittsville Volunteer Awards
- June is Let’s Bike Month
- June 2: Arts in the Park
- June 9: Registration is full for our Family Bike Ride
- June 13: Councillor Chat about community safety and policing
- June 15: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival

Good luck to everyone taking part in Ottawa Race Weekend!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen
11 min
May 18, 2024May 18: Victoria Day long weekend events
This week’s updates:
Remembering Diane Deans

Victoria Day Weekend schedule changes + FIREWORKS in Stittsville

Splash pads are open and so is the Amberwood Pool

Events this weekend including a Plant Swap at the Stittsville library

Food Bank celebrates donors and volunteers

Stittsville Community Micro-Grant recipients

Cloverloft and Lazy Nol resurfacing update

Robert Grant Avenue at Haliburton closed next wekeend

Forest Creek Park pathway rehabilitation starts next week

1927 Maple Grove coming to Planning & Housing Committee

Download the Transit app

Upcoming events in our community

Have a great long weekend!
–Councillor Glen
11 min
May 11, 2024May 11: Lots of events on Mother's Day weekend
Good morning! This week's updates include:
New garbage bag limits start September 30

Brae Street traffic count

Thank you: Jane’s Walk, McHappy Day, parkrun

Today: Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Open House

Today: Amberwood Spring Plant Exchange

Today: Craft & Vendor Market at Johnny Leroux Arena

Today: Motorcycle Ride for Disabled Vets

Sunday: First day for Market @ The Barn

May 26: Re-opening ceremony for the Village Square Park playground

June 13: Councillor Chat on community safety & policing

June 15: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival

Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar for May

Development Charges & funding new infrastructure

Administrative Penalty System for parking tickets, speed camera tickets, and red light tickets

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen
15 min
May 04, 2024May 4: Federal government hybrid work
This morning I was on Stittsville Main Street. I’m hosting a Jane’s Walk on Saturday afternoon – a walking tour about history and urban design in honour of Jane Jacobs. Registration is full, but you can drop by afterwards at
Equator, 5pm-6pm for our roundtable discussion.
This week’s updates:
Thoughts on the federal government hybrid work changes

Tabling the zoning by-law

High-rise fire safety

A new name for Stittsville’s public high school

June 13: Councillor Chat on Community Safety and Policing

June 9: Family Bike Ride

June 15: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival

Multicultural & Human Rights calendar

Aggressive dogs; dogs on leash; off-leash dog parks

Construction starts next week for the pedestrian crossing at Abbott and Tall Tree

Automated speed enforcement coming soon in front of Holy Spirit School

Things to know about driveway widening

Stay off sports fields!

Cleaning the Capital thank you

park run launch today

ParaTranspo ride-along

A shout-out to Ray from Re-Read Used Books
11 min
April 27, 2024 April 27: Aggressive dogs
Councillor Glen’s Weekly Update for Saturday, April 27, 2024

This week’s topics:
- Strengthening the rules for aggressive dogs
- Flewellyn & Shea safety measures
- Crossing Bridge Park play structure replacement
- May 4 Jane’s Walk and roundtable
- Tabling of Ottawa’s new zoning by-law
- Stittsville Community Micro-Grants
- Thanks to everyone for Cleaning the Capital
- Stittsville Kiwanis Youth Centre on Wednesdays and Thursdays (now with pizza)
- Ottawa-Carleton Trailway parkrun starts May 4
- Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival update
- Third annual Stittsville family bike ride
- Remembering Jeff Kyle
- Celebrating Passover
- Flags at half mast for the National Day of Mourning

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

15 min
April 20, 2024 April 20: National Volunteer Week

This week's updates:
- National Volunteer Week
- Volunteer Award nominations are due Apri l26
- Celebrating Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre volunteers
- Grand opening of Hollyer House in Bells Corners
- Stittsville Community Micro-Grant
- Cleaning the Capital continues
- Volunteers needed for Lee Boltwood Park
- OC Transpo Transecure Awards and Safe Driving Awards
- Ottawa Public Health / COVID-19 vaccine reminder
- City Council approves new affordable housing incentive
- Release of the 1st draft of the New Zoning By-law
- 6310 Hazeldean Road - resubmission
- Province limits appeal rights under the “Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes” Act
- Brae Crescent traffic calming summary
- Spring tree planting
- Carp River Flood Plain Open House on May 2
- Repair Café today at City Hall
- Craft and Vendor Market at Johnny Leroux Arena
- 1st Anniversary at the Village Café
- Jane’s Walk on May 4
- Keep your cats indoors
- Happy Passover!
Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

13 min
April 13, 2024April 13: Our new Community Micro-Grant
This week's updates:
Introducing our Stittsville Community Micro-Grant

Register for Cleaning the Capital

Volunteer Award Nominations

Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival

Where to recycle your eclipse glasses

Recap of the Development Information Meeting for 1174 Carp Road

Stittsville Kiwanis Youth Centre

Transit Commission recap, on-time performance is improving

OC Transpo Transecure & Safe Driving Awards tomorrow

Please stay off sports fields, because it's still too wet!

Looking for volunteers to help with gardening at Lee Boltwood Park

Tree removal near Baldcypress for construction of the new pathway... and an update on the pedestrian bridge

April 20: Repair Café at City Hall, and a reminder about the Waste Explorer

More community events at glengower.ca/events/

Eid Mubarak!

Vaisakhi & Sikh Heritage Month

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen
11 min
April 06, 2024April 6: Shawarma Capital of Canada
This week’s updates:
April is Cancer Awareness Month and we have daffodils at our ward office at CARDELREC

Ottawa is now the Shawarma Capital of Canada

Affordable housing, plus provincial infrastructure funding

Congrats to Jill & Jennifer on the opening of Showroom Lighting & Furniture on Stittsville Main

Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore gets a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation

Serving Easter meals at the Mission

Nominate a neighbour for the Stittsville Volunteer Awards

Register for Cleaning the Capital

Kiwanis Youth Centre open house on Wednesday

Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival - call for participants

Fernbank Stormwater Pond update

Fernbank Road closure west of Jinkinson

Oral Health Month

1174 Carp Road development information meeting on Tuesday

6171 Hazeldean Road at Planning & Housing Committee on Wednesday

Good luck to Ottawa West Ringette at the Nationals

Eid / end of Ramadan

Para Transpo Challenge

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen
11 min
March 30, 2024 March 30: A new deal for Ottawa with the Province
This week’s updates:
- A new deal for Ottawa with the Province
- O.P.P Anti-Fraud workshop - Thank you
- Survey on Ottawa’s tree planting programs
- Easter weekend schedule changes
- Stittsville’s housing growth, decade by decade
- Councillor Chat on Wednesday
- April 9: 1174 Carp Road Development Information Meeting
- April 10: Stittsville Youth Centre open house
- Register for Cleaning the Capital
- Shout out to Scott Phelan
- Congrats to TALK… and his brother Ben
- Bike safety reminder
- Happy Easter
Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

7 min
March 23, 2024March 23: OC Transpo electric bus update
This week's updates:
Upcoming events in Stittsville

Congrats to the Stittsville Business Association

Brae Street traffic calming meeting

Transit Commission: electric bus update; ridership and reliability; "New Ways to Bus" new route network map

Climate Resiliency Strategy

New ambulance dispatch system

A map of future schools in Stittsville

Register for Cleaning the Capital

Councillor Chat on April 3

Public Information Meeting for 1174 Carp Road on April 9

Looking for your stories about access to health care in Stittsville

Reminder to slow down on our roads

Lots of multicultural observances and celebrations, check out our Multicultural Calendar
Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen
8 min