CANDIDATES MEETING

MANOR PARK SUSTAINABILITY DISCUSSIONS

The MPCA Environment & Sustainability Committee invites you to come out and support local sustainability efforts in our community! Come join us Saturday, March 14th, from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Manor Park Community Centre for an afternoon of discussions on community sustainability and sustainability projects.

Register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/manor-park-sustainability-discussions-tickets-94920717421

Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City (OBEC) is a local environmental educational charity working to encourage engagement and cooperation in sustainability in communities all across Ottawa. Our goal is to engage local citizens in discussion in their communities and come up with a Community Sustainability Plan (CSP) that will inspire them to start their own sustainability projects.

This event will be a workshop on Manor Park’s sustainability efforts, OBEC’S 10 sustainability themes (food, transport, waste, energy, habitat, natural capital, design, health, recreation and sense of place) and an interactive discussion led by the community, where we come up with tangible sustainability projects and identify leaders who will make them happen! Please browse our website to explore more about our work, community sustainability plans and our database of sustainability projects: http://obec-evbo.ca.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there and making sustainability a priority in our community.

Sincerely,

MPCA Environment & Sustainability Committee and Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City (OBEC)

The MPCA has prepared written comments on the City’s R4 zoning proposal. Read the submission here and contact development@manorparkcommunity.ca if you have any questions or comments.

Ottawa Transit Riders is organizing the second annual Ottawa Transit Challenge, along with Ecology Ottawa, Healthy Transportation Coalition, and Free Transit Ottawa!

Please join city councillors, staff, and supporters (including some of your MPCA Board Members) and commit to riding conventional buses, ParaTranspo, or the train for seven days, from February 17- 23, 2020!

Sign up here: https://www.ottawatransitriders.ca/ottawa_transit_challenge_2020

The MPCA encourages you to consider taking this challenge so that we can more fully understand what needs improvement and advocate for better transit service for ourselves and our neighbours.

The latest version of the Chronicle has been printed and will be delivered by this weekend. The current paper and all previous versions are available through our archive.

This issue contains an important article about proposed changes to the greenspace around Manor Park Public School.

John Forsey, the chair of the MPCA’s transportation and safety committee, has written an article for the upcoming September Manor Park Chronicle about solving the cross-river congestion problem. A longer version of the Chronicle article with additional information can be viewed here.

The MPCA’s Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday May 29, 2019 at the Terry Fox Canadian Youth Centre, 1805 De Gaspé Ave. Materials from the AGM are linked below:

• MPCA president’s presentation
• 2019 AGM minutes (draft)
• 2017-18 AGM minutes (approved)
• WISE safety report
• WISE safety report – MPCA issues tracking