A collection of all the news items about the people and happenings in Champlain Park.
Coming to Champlain Park on Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM!
A Company of Fools presents
Macbeth
90 Minutes of Mayhem (and laughs)
With a coven of witches, a sword fight to the death 😱 and a moving wood.
All are welcome. Pay what you can.
Interested in volunteering with The Fools? Check out their web site at: https://fools.ca/get-involved/
AND
The Champlain Park Community Association Cookie Table is back
Free Cookies for all between 5:15 PM and 6:45 PM
The next Champlain Park’s Games Night is on Thursday July 11th, starting at 7pm in the Field House. See the original post for details. Join us for an evening of fun playing games with friends and neighbours.
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via Laurie Fagan, posted on Facebook too:
Hello fellow residents,
You may have noticed the new ornamental/pollinator garden in front of the field house. It has taken several years – yes I said years – to get approval from the city of Ottawa to build it.
Earlier this Spring someone dig up and helped themselves to a peony I planted there last fall. (It was dug up and the hole it left wasn’t even covered over)
Today I noticed an Asiatic Lilly has been snapped off at ground level and the phlox have been sheared off. I am an experienced gardener and I am fairly certain this latest damage isn’t from an animal.
If you live in Champlain Park could you take a minute to talk to your family members and tell them about the garden and all the hard work that went into creating this project. Many generous residents donated the perennials making it a truly community initiative. Let’s ensure it lasts.
The good news is the Champlain Rose has started blooming.
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Agenda items are limited to 5 minutes unless otherwise requested.
This is a meeting of the CPCA Board of Directors. Champlain Park Community members are welcome to attend, if you would like to propose items for discussion, to ask questions, to organize an event or activity, or to learn more about the issues affecting our community.
Activities and Issues must fall within our community plan/areas of operation in order to be addressed by the CPCA. You can write to the webmaster champlainpark@gmail.com to request a link to join the meeting and/or to connect you with the appropriate Board member for information and guidance including how to submit a Community Project Proposal.
Agenda last updated on June 12. Contact the secretary to add topics.
The Planning, Zoning and Environmental Policies Committee invites you to check out our new public-facing Google Drive folder. This folder will be regularly updated with new material as we continue to address the big-picture issues that have an impact on Champlain Park. The most recent files address the impacts of the new Official Plan and the ongoing development of the new Zoning Bylaw.
Presentations, current and historical:
Selected Presentations, Analyses and Letters from CPCA Planning Volunteers to the CPCA Board, AGM, FCA, City and the Province – Inside this Planning and Zoning Google Drive Folder.
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The online membership drive now runs continuously from May 1 to April 30 (a membership is good until April 30th).
Instead of a door-to-door campaign, residents are asked to pay the $20 fee via e-transfer and we’ve added a cheque drop-off payment option (see below).
![[Fieldhouse in Champlain Park]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-membership-fieldhouse.jpeg)
When: Wednesday, June 19, 2024. 5:00-8:00pm
Where: Cowley Ave (between Clearview and Pontiac)
Bring your Lawn Chair and some money to support some local food trucks – Si Senor Taqueria and Mr Sundae will be on site!
![[Poster for the Street Party]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/summer-solstice-street-party-2024.jpeg?w=270)
![[Cowley Avenue Street Party taco truck]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cowleystreetparty.jpeg)
Note that this is a third party event not sponsored by the CPCA.
The first Games Night had a decent turn-out and was fun. The next one is on Thursday June 13th, starting at 7pm in the Field House. See the original post for details. Join us for an evening of fun playing games with friends and neighbours.
![[Anime style DreamStudio AI generated scene of people playing Backgammon]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/587491_groups-of-people-multiple-genders-old-and-young_xl-1024-v1-0.png)
MOON MAGIC: A Tribute in Story and Song, June 26, 2024, 7 to 9pm
You are invited to a magical evening of stories, music, refreshments & camaraderie in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers Campaign. Tickets and more information are available on Eventbrite or by calling 613-729-0077.
![[Poster for MOON MAGIC: A Tribute in Story and Song, June 26 2024.
You are invited to a magical evening of stories, music, refreshments & camaraderie in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers Campaign. Performers include well-known Ottawa storytellers and musicians Gail Anglin, Susan Sweeney Hermon, Jack Pyl, Anne Hurley, and Canadian grandmother Peggy Edwards recounting a conversation in Swaziland with a local grandmother under the moon. The evening also celebrates of 18 years of Canadian-African grandmother solidarity and the resilience of African grandmothers who are caring for the millions of children and young people affected by the AIDS pandemic. Your ticket also includes a chance on several door prizes. Tickets are available on Eventbrite or by calling 613-729-0077. If you are unable to attend, you can make a donation to the Grandmothers Campaign.]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240626-stephen-lewis-foundation-grandmothers-campaign.png)
The City will host a virtual meeting on June 20, 2024, to provide an overview of the proposed new comprehensive zoning by-law. The Zoom meeting will be held from 6:30-8:30 pm. Register here.
Champlain Park residents take note: at the end of 2025, our Zoning will be changed radically, to comply with the policies in Ottawa’s new Official Plan (OP), which dictates increasing population density and small-c commercial development in neighbourhoods.
Engage Ottawa link for past and ongoing information:
https://engage.ottawa.ca/zoning
Final Official Plan:
https://ottawa.ca/en/planning-development-and-construction/official-plan-and-master-plans/official-plan
Heather
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