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Capital Potential: Harnessing Local Talent To Be The City We Aspire To Be
Ottawa is a city of enormous potential. We are on the cusp of being able to get so much right, to capitalize on the talents…
Rethinking King Edward Avenue: A Call for Safer Streets
Last fall, DCA President Toon Dreessen took part in a Strong Towns Crash Analysis Lab to look at the tragic circumstances of a pedestrian fatality…
Housing Potential Meets Political Will
In the heart of Centertown sits a parcel of land going to waste. Close to amenities like walkable shopping on Elgin, parks and the Rideau…
What should we do with Carling Avenue?
There’s a lot to love about Carling Avenue: easy access to the Central Experimental Farm, Dow’s Lake and Island Park Drive, a gigantic Canadian Tire…
Whitzman and Dreessen: Why does Ottawa lag behind on housing solutions?
Last month, the federal government formally announced a commitment of $176.3 million to the City of Ottawa through its Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF). The funding…
Field of Dreams – Ottawa’s public realm
In the 1989 Kevin Costner film “Field of Dreams,” Ray Liotta, as Shoeless Joe Jackson says, “If you build it, he will come.” This phrase…