The May 2019 issue of the Centretown BUZZ, Centretown’s community newspaper, is ready for you to read! Read this month’s newspaper. It’s a high-res version for either viewing or printing.
Read the May 2019 Centretown BUZZ
Category: May 2019
An open invitation to Centre 507: Local day program touts itself as an alternative to coffee chains
by Adrie Sustar Centre 507 not only offers wi-fi and coffee, but delicious food, computer and phone access, haircuts, jam sessions, hygiene supplies, an art studio, and much more. The best part is, unlike Starbucks or Bridgehead, it’s all free…
Provincial Affairs: Budget 2019: callous and cruel
by Joel Harden MPP, Ottawa Centre April 4 was a special day, when thousands upon thousands of high school students throughout Ontario walked out of class to protest Doug Ford’s cuts to their education. The potential impact of these cuts…
Dalhousie Community Association: a host of spring events
by Anne Bell Want to get involved in your community? The Dalhousie Community Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, June 12. Come out and share your thoughts and ideas. Gardening Spring has finally sprung! DCA Community…
Elgin Street School raising funds for arts and sports programs
For nearly 130 years, residents of Centretown have been proud parents of Elgin Street Public School students. Over the years, with the ever growing quest for knowledge, the school boards have worked to fulfill basic academic requirements. The community has…
How a team of citizen planners brought heritage preservation to Centretown
by Robert Smythe With two public open houses held last month, the City of Ottawa launched its latest Centretown Heritage Study — the first major examination of the neighbourhood’s built heritage in over 20 years. It’s a piece of unfinished…
The best water in town is on tap: end single-use bottle sales in the City
–COMMENTARY– by Diane Holmes and Clive Doucet We have built a world for many generations now without counting the environmental costs: think fracking and pipelines. Changing is going to require different expectations, different attitudes (more local, less international), better insulated…
Senior activist reviews the neighbourhood
by Deborah Rosenlund Great atmosphere, lots of choices and options offered, attentive service (but not too attentive, you don’t want that) and live entertainment: it sounds like a restaurant review, and it could be. But in this case, it’s a…
OCDSB Trustee Report: Nearing the end of the school year
by Erica Braunovan OCDSB Trustee, Zone 10 It is hard to believe that there are less than two months left in the school year. At the board table we still have a substantial amount of work to do. Between now…
Burrowing beneath Elgin
Did you know that some of the underground infrastructure along Elgin Street dates back to the late 1800s?