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The new Mid-Centretown Community Design Plan needs to include more trees and to integrate open green spaces not boxed in by concrete, according to the Ottawa forest and greenspace advisory committee.
The City of Ottawa introduced new technology at its polling stations during this week’s municipal election to make voting easier and more private for those with special needs.
Asher Roth, Centretown NewsOttawa Elections officer Amy Desjardins demonstrates one of the new Voter Assist Terminals.
After months of waiting for the community eyesore to be demolished, Centretown residents eager for the redevelopment of a property once occupied by the notorious “yellow house” will have to wait two more months before any ground is broken at Gladstone Avenue and Cambridge Street.
Greenspace-challenged Centretown has been a key beneficiary of a citywide tree-planting program that should be renewed by Ottawa’s new council, says Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes.