Joseph Federico

I'm passionate about family and friends. I believe in equality, inclusion, and dialogue. I care about people, community, and the future. I like to laugh.

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

I am grateful to be on the lands of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

If the downtown fails, the city fails.

"The ward contains the city's central business district .... taxes are paid by commercial entities, which are taxed at nearly twice the rate as residential properties."

@_MarkSutcliffe @ottawabot @CSQOttawa

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[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

100 REVIEWS!!!

Thank you to all those who shared their experience.

Feeling grateful ...

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

I've discovered that it is often useful to take the wheel that turns well and tune it to your needs vs. reinventing one.
@CBCOttawa #Ottawa #AffordableHousing

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[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

Affordable Housing:

We talk about this issue as if we were talking about nuclear fusion. If you don't get the analogy, then you did get it.

Cities like Vienna have been successfully building affordable housing for a century.
@CBCOttawa #Ottawa

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Healthy aging, aging in place, and walkable/livable communities?

Sounds nice, but without the proper supports it's a fingers crossed approach.

A 74 y.o. patient who called 5 clinics to get publicly funded PT. The wait? 2 years.

All physiotherapy should be publicly funded.

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

Re: Viennese Chocolate Cake: "If you have money, go. If you don't, watch."

This speaks to the K-Shaped economic recovery curve seen during COVID, and the widening chasm between lived realities depending which leg of the K you're represented by.

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[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

Housing First.

It saves people (and money).

It provides our fellow citizen, a human being, with dignity.
#homelessness #housing #Ottawa

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@MonaFortier "Thus, remote work trends still present a risk to D.C.’s future tax base."

This is the sobering conversation that needs to take place about the future of Canadian cities. Clearly, they're saying it out loud in the U.S.

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I don't know much about the transit issues in Naples, Italy.

But, their newest metro station is an architectural masterpiece and an absolute WOW!!!

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[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

@Flomouthe Absolutely. Especially in Lego Land.

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

Today I'm sporting a "coif" recognizable to many Canadians.

In the winter, we call it "toque head."

When it's not winter, we call it "helmet head."
#cycling

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

@Flomouthe It's always a pleasure to see you, Dr. Flomouthe ... ideally without an injury!

Glad I could help!!!

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@Toon_Dreessen Good stuff, Toon. Let's go a step further in achieving that.

If we want more vibrant density and fewer cars on the roads, transit should be free in high density areas.

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

With more prevalent work from home models and fewer people afoot daily, we are able to more clearly see our fellow citizen who used to once blend into the crowd.

The question is, how do we help?
#Ottawa

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@Toon_Dreessen @ReformProcure Agreed. The reopening of Wellington in Ottawa. The re-purposing of Queen Elizabeth Drive.

It's not about "all or nothing."

These are opportunities to innovate and shift towards a culture that is open to sharing a road that belongs to all. #Ottawa

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

"We're not all in the same boat. We're in the same storm."

The cost of fuel and heating, food, rent ...

We must ask, "Why?"

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@InOurBackYards ... and Finland has the highest literacy rate in the world. Public libraries are central to placemaking.

What is the trickle down from that with respect to societal values and social profits?

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

@InOurBackYards Absolutely. Finland is also following Housing First.

They are following the evidenced-based methodology and getting the expected outcomes.

In other places, people just say "Housing First."

It's like baking a cake. If you change the recipe, it's not a cake anymore.

[Joseph Federico @Joe_Ottawa]

Public Land. Social Profit.

The world's population is growing. People live in cities. Cities are growing.

Housing affordability is critical for a healthy future.
@KatePorterCBC @_MarkSutcliffe @ShawnMenard1 @obj_news @IRPP

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@CBCOttawa and @ottawacity, I would like to know if more cycling infrastructure will be provided in higher density/lower income areas?
@TimTierney

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