The ancient oak tree removal to make room for a garage story (there have been a few upset and sad neighbours and much online chatter) made the front page of the Ottawa Citizen!
https://t.co/3tftMN0LNl
The Halloween Fun Run is coming up on the morning of Sunday October 27th. Expect to see ghosts, monsters and heroes of all ages running the course, getting ready for the big event a few days later. Volunteer ghouls (course marshals) needed. Details at https://t.co/PIAg1SLvpQ
Our garden club is having guest speaker Mike Runtz (from Carleton U) over for a talk on Tuesday night (tomorrow) on the sex lives of wild flowers. Apparently it can get pretty wild, with sex slaves involved somehow. Details at:
https://t.co/7aYFGeOSVB
Our community association AGM will be on November 20th, with guest speaker and local architect Rosaline Hill on "BuildingIN: A low-rise solution for infill housing" (prompted by concerns about the upcoming zoning changes to allow a dozen units on a former single house lot).
The next games night at the field house is this Thursday. Bring your best game to the event! Or try out someone else's best game.
https://t.co/8mvp5jwUj1
The next community association board meeting will be on Tuesday, September 10th. After a bit of a glitch, we now have an agenda. See https://t.co/zqjCWJ2HQB
The neighbourhood monthly garden club gatherings are starting a new season on Tuesday September 10th. First lecture is on seed saving, by master gardener Odette McIntyre.
https://t.co/eLUf1R4nwY
Wondering about the new zoning bylaws that will let you change your house into a 16 person apartment building? There's a Zoom presentation and meeting on August 29th to discuss that!
https://t.co/VPXcovQuU4
A Company of Fools @Foolsottawa will be performing MacBeth in our park on August 12th. Looking forward to drama, and cookies (we will be providing free cookies before the show).
https://t.co/utwmJuFCdC
We're starting summer, and it's membership drive time at the Champlain Park Community Association. Please support all those neighbourhood activities we do for horses, ice, plants and people. More serious list and donation details at
https://t.co/8JCWZjkOsD
We said goodbye to long time neighbour and environmentalist Daniel Buckles yesterday. Heather presented him with a tribute plaque and best wishes for his move to Toronto.
https://t.co/Y017FEQpA9