With tenant applications for the new Beaver Barracks affordable housing development recently completed, the Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corp. has hired a “green animator” to ensure future occupants of the Metcalfe and Catherine streets complex are getting the most out of environmentally-friendly living.
Asher Roth, Centretown NewsEnvironmental science and policy expert Sylvie Trottier will educate Beaver Barracks tenants on the finer points of green living.
Author: Centretown Staff
Street sign pilot project tests reaction to gay village concept
As part of a long-running battle to have a gay village formally recognized in Ottawa, the Village Ottawa Committee installed a prototype street sign at the corner of Bank and Gilmour streets from Sept. 16 to 23.
Evgeniya Kulgina, Centretown NewsGay village signs at the corner of Bank and Gilmour streets.
Heritage committee gives condo plan the green light
A parking lot in Centretown is one step closer to becoming a nine-storey condo and retail development, but the close vote by a heritage committee reveals some concern about such a large development in the heritage district.
City of OttawaA rendering of the proposed nine-storey condo development project at 340 McLeod St.
Viewpoint: Independent bookstores are worth supporting
Didn’t Joni Mitchell sing “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?"