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.
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Community garden site approved
Construction is under way at the new Centretown Community Garden at Lyon and Lisgar streets after the project received final approval amid growing demand for more downtown gardens.
Solar power fuels local public schools chools
The chair of Ottawa’s public school board says solar panels could soon occupy the roofs of several Centretown schools, as a project to install them throughout the city is now under way. 
Courtesy Ottawa Solar PowerCentretown schools may soon to have solar panels similar to ones installled at Nepean High School.
School fundraising guidelines to be tightened
The Ontario government’s plan to issue guidelines for how public schools fundraise and what that money is spent on, has the support of Centretown’s public school trustee.