ASH’s By-law Committee and City staff met in December and discussed some amendments to Property Maintenance By-law and Solid Waste Management Guidelines for Sandy Hill. Attached is a Bylaw Discussion Paper put together by our Councillor’s and City staff summarizing … Read More
June 28th’s meeting of the Town & Gown Committee was a boisterous affair as 60 or more Sandy Hill residents, and some from neighbouring communities, came out to hear Vice-President of Action Sandy Hill, Robert Forbes, make a presentation on … Read More
(Photo: Claude Schryer: Somerset Street Greenscaping project, September 24, 2016/ Projet de reverdissement pour la rue Somerset, 24 septembre, 2016) Thank you to everyone who participated in the Power Plant on Saturday September 25th! Merci à tous qui ont … Read More
When: Mondays in April 6:30-8:00 pm. Where: Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, 221 Nelson Street. “The Sandy Hill Community Health Centre is seeking input from community members on a service model for supervised injection at our main location on 221 Nelson … Read More
The Movement for Safer, More Livable Streets Action Sandy Hill, in partnership with Ecology Ottawa and other community groups, is proud to co-sponsor this exciting event. Janette Sadik-Khan, co-author of Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution and former Transportation Commissioner … Read More
After the reopening of the uOttawa tunnel in August, cycle lane markings were added along Somerset St E by the City in October 2016, very similar to those proposed at the meeting in March. Reaction from the community has genearlly … Read More
A pilot project has been launched called noiseInSandyHill.ca . It’s an initiative of the Sandy Hill Town & Gown Committee, of which ASH is a founder member. We wish to particularly thank and recognize the energies of the Eastern … Read More
As many residents know the site at the north-east corner of Rideau and Chapel Streets is under proposal for being redeveloped with high-rises. There was already much community concern about this proposal which includes a plan to open the intersection … Read More
The Spring clean-up of Sandy Hill’s parks and streets is just around the corner. In support of the annual Capital Campaign Spring Clean-up, this year’s activities will be held on Saturday, May 9, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. … Read More
(Strathcona Park trees, photo: Judith Gustafsson) For information on planting trees, see Ecology Ottawa’s Tree Ottawa page. Sandy Hill residents have formed a Tree Group. Join us! Email sandyhilltreegroup@gmail.com and we will add you to the Group’s distribution list. The group … Read More