Grand Re-opening of Heron Park Playground
Come to the Grand Re-opening of Heron Park Playground
You are invited to a celebration for our new structures in Heron Park.
Enjoy the music, games, (free) food and good friends.
Sunday, September 19, from 12 noon to 6
Heron Park (Heron Road and Clover Street)
Everyone’s welcome!
Night on the Town–party at Heron Park Wading Pool!
Wednesday, July 27th* is the date for the special themed-event hosted by the wading pool staff.
Night on the Town is the theme. Dress up in your spiffiest threads to paint the town red…or simply enjoy some painting and other crafts at the wading pool.
Prizes for best costume. Games galore. Hotdogs and beverages for a nominal fee.
Come one! Come ALL!
*This event is the rain-date for the previously scheduled party on July 19th. The weather was untoward on the 19th.
Opening Day for Wading Pool!
Lisa (Supervising Lifeguard), Kyomi, Matthew and Carla. (Absent: Afsana)
Friday, July 2nd was Opening Day for the Heron Park Wading Pool. The pool will stay open (with extended hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays) until Friday, August 27th. Funded and staffed by the City of Ottawa, this year’s pool staff are:
- Lisa (Supervising Lifeguard)
- Kyomi
- Matthew
- Carla
- Afsana
Hours of Operation:
- Sunday–11am to 5pm
- Monday–11am to 6pm
- Tuesday–11am to 7pm
- Wednesday–11am to 6pm
- Thursday–11am to 7pm
- Friday–11am to 6pm
- Saturday–CLOSED
Pool Maintenance at Heron Park Wading Pool
There will be a variety of programs, activities and events for everyone to enjoy. Some of the highlights of the 2010 season are:
- VJPP–Volunteer Junior Parks Program
- Arts and Crafts
- Sports
- Occasional BBQs (hotdogs and beverages for a nominal fee)
- July 19th SPECIAL EVENT (theme to be decided)
The wading pool is a wonderful, well-used community resource. Enjoy!
Michaela and her cousins Viviane, Coby and Kevin enjoy opening day of the Heron Park Wading Pool.
Canadian Rivers Day Cleanup
The City Stream Watch program is holding a stream cleanup on Sawmill Creek in Ottawa on Saturday, June 12th to celebrate Canadian Rivers Day and to recognize the many community benefits of our lovely, local creeks and streams.
From its headwaters along Lester Road, Sawmill Creek flows north through the community of South Keys and along the heavily-urbanized Bank Street before joining the Rideau River at Billings Bridge. As an urban watershed, a lot of garbage tends to collect along the banks and in the stream itself which can harm the important fish and wildlife habitat along the creek.
We will meet at Heron Park and focus on different areas of the creek. Heron Park is located on Heron Road, east of the Airport Parkway and west of Bank Street. From Heron Road, turn north onto Clover Street. The community centre and park is on the left side of the street. We will park and meet there at 9 am.
We encourage you to bring drinking water and sun block. We will provide as many pairs of chest waders as we can, but please wear rubber boots or sturdy footwear. The Sawmill Creek Cleanup runs from 9 am to 12 pm.
To register or for more information, please contact Julia Sutton – City Stream Watch Coordinator at citystreamwatch@rvca.ca or 613-692-3571 x 1180.
Thanks to everyone who can spare a couple of hours to celebrate our amazing local rivers and streams.
One-day depot for household hazardous waste May 1
The City is proud to join forces with Natural Resources Canada and Public Works and Government Services Canada to host a one-day mobile household hazardous waste collection depot on Saturday, May 1. The depot will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the federal government parking lot between 405 Rochester Street and 550 Booth Street, just south of the Queensway.
This depot provides a convenient way for you to help keep the environment free of hazardous household waste.
Residents are reminded that only household waste will be accepted (maximum 100 litres) at the depot. No commercial waste accepted. For a complete listing of acceptable household hazardous waste, visit the City’s website at ottawa.ca/hhw.
Avoid line-ups for the following product:
- Waste oil can be brought back to a “Take it Back!” Partner retailer; check the City’s Web site at ottawa.ca under Recycling and Garbage for a list of 100 retailers that take back oil.
Did you know you could return paint products and batteries to various Ottawa hardware retailers? Visit www.dowhatyoucan.ca for a location near you.
For more information visit the City’s Web site at ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401).
Alta Vista Public School Annual Spring Fair
When: Saturday May 1st, 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Rain or Shine)
Where: Alta Vista Public School 1329 Randall St. Ottawa
A great way to spend a Saturday: 4 hours of fun with variety for the whole family; support education at the same time! Come join us for our annual fundraising and community event.
Games, Cake and Cupcake Walk, Face Painting, Crafts, Silent Auction, Food, Plant sale, Bake sale, Used Book sale, White Elephant sale, Bouncy Castles and more. All are welcome, rain or shine! You don’t want to miss all this fun – or these bargains!
For more info contact Alta Vista Public School at 613-733-7124 or email AltaVistaSC@gmail.com
Rockingham Road Closure
Rockingham Avenue, from Clementine Boulevard to Bank Street will be closed for 5 days – Monday, 19 April 2010 to Friday, 23 April 2010.
The contractor, E. George Brown will require the width of the roadway to do a sanitary/storm sewer repairs.
Local and emergency vehicle access will be maintained. The impact to traffic will be low.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Kathleen Meilleur
Work Activity Coordinator
Planning & Growth Management Department
Development Review Suburban Services Branch
Bylaws, Permits & Inspections Unit
100 Constellation – 6th Floor East
tel: 613-580-2424 x 13814
fax: 613-580-2608
kathleen.meilleur@ottawa.ca
Non-Renewable Community Project Funding applications now available
Non-profit community organizations in Ottawa are invited to submit applications for new projects that address Community Project Funding priorities. Eligible organizations can apply for two different streams of funding namely, One-Year Project Funding and Three-Year Project Funding.
Non-Renewable Community Project Funding is available for projects that:
- Increase neighbourhood capacity to enact positive and sustainable change in planning, service delivery, improve health and/or improve safety in accordance with neighbourhood-defined goals.
- Promote the healthy development of children and youth (0-18 years) and their development of competencies through recreation, leisure, cultural and arts activities.
- Increase participation of seniors in physical activities and community life to promote successful aging.
- Support inclusion of people who are low income, at risk, isolated or otherwise marginalized and promote quality of life for the full diversity of residents through activities such as literacy, employment, physical activity and/or participation in cultural programs.
- Promote conditions of equality on the basis of race, ethnicity, income, gender, official language and ability.
More information, including program guidelines and application form, is available at City of Ottawa Client Service Centres and online at ottawa.ca/communityfunding
Application deadline: Thursday, April 8, 2010.
Two information sessions are provided. The schedule is as follows:
| English
Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Dr., |
French
Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre, |
If you require special needs accommodation for the information sessions, please contact Julie Tremblay at 613-580-2424, ext. 12513.
For more information on the 2010 Non-Renewable Community Project Funding Program, please contact Rahmat Shahidi at 613-580-2424, ext. 24251.
Community Garden Update
Did you ever notice that snow shovelling seems much easier if you imagine that you are turning the soil in your garden bed, instead? Well, during these chilly winter weeks, a few Heron Parkers have turned their minds to gardening, and submitted an application for City funds to contribute to start-up costs for a community garden in the Heron Park neighbourhood. I’d written about this idea in previous Herald issues, and invited interested participants to get involved in the process.
Our initial vision is to lay out 10 or so individual garden plots, as well as have a children’s garden and a high raised bed for seniors and others who may have trouble kneeling down. We’ve scouted out a few possible vacant public lands, but there are various approvals and tests that need to happen before we know for sure where the site will be. We’ll also talk to the neighbours in the immediate vicinity to identify and address their concerns, and will hold a public meeting to answer questions…and to recruit gardeners and volunteers!
If we do get resources to get the garden off the ground, we’ll post updates on this website, so check back here regularly for details. Email us at garden@heronpark.ca for further details or if you’d like to help out!
- Connie
Coyote!
No doubt you have heard that a coyote has been seen more than once in the Greenboro area.
A resident of Heron Park saw one a week ago near Sawmill Creek, west of Rockingham Ave. This isn’t a reason to panic, but it is a reason to be careful. The creatures most in danger are small animals (cats, small dogs, and of course rabbits and other wildlife).
If anyone has additional information to add, please contact Rosella at rosella.macneil@sympatico.ca or by phone at 613 526-9962.
