Councillor Glen's Stittsville Updates

This week’s update:

• Jour des Franco-Ontariens et Franco-Ontariennes
• Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
• Speed cameras: They work!
• Return to office - supporting hybrid work at the City of Ottawa
• OC Transpo contract ratification
• Brae parking motion passes
• Home Bosses Youth Centre (Kiwanis)
• Hydro Ottawa - Alon equipment upgrades on October 2
• Stittsville South - Caivan development info meeting on October 7
• Carp Fair this weekend
• Saturday: Goulbourn Township Historical Society cemetery tour
• Sunday: Stittsville Muslim Association Community Expo Bazaar
• Monday: Western Ottawa Community Centre Open House
• Tuesday: Truth & Reconciliation Day
• October 4: Robert Grant Avenue “pre-opening” special event
• October 4: Constantine Luty Park ceremony
• October 5: Metric Park grand opening

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• 4th Annual Quilt Walk at Mad About Patchwork
• Fall clean-up at R.J. Bell Rotary Peace Park, part of World Clean-up Day
• Shingwàkons student Japnam’s petition for more speed cameras and road safety
• Butter Tart Festival sells over 16,500 butter tarts!
• Robert Grant Avenue pre-opening event - ride/walk/roll/run on October 4
• 10e anniversaire de l’École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais
• Update on Caivan’s Stittsville South neighbourhood design
• Waste diversion at local parks, plus recycling responsibility moves from the City to the Province
• Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards
• Borehill drilling along Henry Walker Trail
• Sept 25: Housing & Homelessness Plan - open house / drop-in
• Sept 24: Home Bosses Youth Centre open house
• Sept 30: Truth & Reconciliation event
• Upcoming events: Richmond Fair, Scouting Apple Day, Apple Fest, lots more
• Shout out to Grant Dillenbeck

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Butter Tart Festival today; also Applefest

• Reminder about stopping for school buses

• Council Approves 2026 budget directions

• A motion about parking on Brae Street

• Latest draft of the new zoning by-law

• OC Transpo updates: O-Train testing; Moodie off-ramp; reliability

• Rack & Roll at CARDELREC

• Week Without Driving, September 29-October 5

• Stittsville South - Official Plan Amendment coming to Planning & Housing Committee

• Cleaning the Capital - special clean-up at Rotary Peace Park on September 20

• Borehill drilling along the Henry Walker pathway

• A shout-out to Grant Richardson

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Update on the fire at Flewellyn-Jones House, and a bit of history

• Stittsville Muslim Association - support from the community

• 1174 Carp Road - zoning by-law amendment going to City Council

• 4829 Abbott Street East - development application for low-rise townhomes

• Ottawa Public Health back-to-school vaccination reminder

• Hop123 app from EnviroCentre - walking to school

• Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society Fall Plant Sale today

• Food Drive for Operation Come Home, organized by the Rotary Club

• Next Saturday: Butter Tart Festival

• More events at glengower.ca/events/

• Cleaning the Capital, including a special event on September 20

• Carp Road off-ramp overnight closures for repairs

• A call for neighbourhood skating rink volunteers

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Supporting the Stittsville Muslim Association after an incident of hateful vandalism
• Support for Ottawa’s Jewish community
• Ottawa Public Health resources to help cope with stressful events
• Bike Rodeo today at CARDELREC
• Upcoming events - including the weekly parkrun and Market @ The Barn
• Register for Cleaning the Capital
• The City of Ottawa’s return-to-office mandate
• Update on this week’s power outage
• 1174 Carp Road coming to Planning & Housing Committee on Wednesday
• Idylea Linear Park (Idylea pathway)
• Back to school, OC Transpo, road safety

Have an excellent long weekend!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Capital Pride week

• Robert Grant Avenue update

• Back to school / la rentrée

• Crossing guards needed!

• OC Transpo fall schedule starts Sunday

• Public engagement for Idylea Linear Park (pathway)

• Public engagement on future skateboard parks

• Registration is open for Fall Cleaning the Capital

• West Nile Virus / mosquitos

• Hazeldean Road - construction in Kanata

• Saturday: Block Party in support of the Food Bank

• Saturday: CornFest at Village Square Park

• Thursday: Stittsville Business Association After 5 Exchange

   

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• A reminder about accessibility & how you can help
• Stittsville events including the Restore Reads book Fair; Zonta Club “Paint the Ladies Orange”; Kiwanis Movie Night; Pride Week Flag Raising; Saturday parkrun; Sunday Market @ The Barn; more.
• Chief Stubbs visited Stittsville and we talked about traffic enforcement
• Update on a potential future Poole Creek Pathway extension
• Glen Cairn stormwater pond maintenance
• Hazeldean @ Savage - development information meeting
• OC Transpo: Route 61/62/63 detour update + fare capping for Presto
• Cleaning the Capital: Stittsville was #1 in the spring + fall registration starts this week
• Heat warning

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• More road safety reminders

• Drowning Prevention Week

• Council approves the Transportation Master Plan

• OC Transpo’s starring role at Bluesfest

• Hazeldean @ Savage development info meeting

• Police Chief Eric Stubbs is coming to Stittsville – what are your questions and feedback

• Stittsville Main Street hanging flower pilot

• Hazardous Waste Depot at Canadian Tire Centre today

• Lasagna Jamboree at Village Square Park

• Pride Week Flag Raising in Stittsville on August 17

   

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Road safety reminders
• E-bike and e-scooter rules
• Congrats to the SVA for a successful “Music and Movies at the Park”
• West Side Pride today Alexander Grove
• “Welcome to Stittsville” Newcomer’s Guide
• Stittsville Main Street hanging flower pilot
• Ottawa Alerts via Alertable - weather and other emergency notifications
• Map of existing and future schools in Stittsville
• Development updates
• Palladium Drive stormwater pond maintenance
• Johnwoods sidewalk renewal
• Transportation Master Plan at City Council this week
• Get your tickets for the Lion on the beach travel lottery!

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Staying cool during extreme heat
• Road safety reminders after several serious collisions involving pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists
• Ottawa Safety Council is hiring crossing guards in Stittsville
• Remembering Damien Brown-Graham
• Ottawa Police Mounted Unit (horses) visit Stittsville
• Stittsville Main Street - adopt a flower pot in this year’s pilot project
• Development updates
• Local events, including the Stittsville Village Association’s Music & Movies in the Park, and West Side Pride
• OC Transpo & Bluesfest
• Contacting Canada Post to report vandalism or damage to mailboxes
• Rail bridge replacement on Carling Avenue between Moodie and Hertzberg

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen