Last week marked an exciting milestone for Fitzroy Estates. After many meetings, conversations, and a great deal of advocacy, we have finally reached the point where the process of bringing a park to Fitzroy Estates can begin. This year, funding was set aside for the feasibility study and conceptual design, and I was very pleased to join City staff from Parks Planning on site yesterday to get this important work underway. This is the culmination of a lot of effort, and it’s incredibly...

Despite it being a promise made to rural Ottawa at amalgamation, our City went 16 years without holding a Rural Summit, and in those years, the feeling that rural Ottawa was being ignored continued to grow. Our ditches became overgrown, ARAC basically only heard rural planning files, police disappeared from our roads, ambulance response times were unacceptable, and our roads continued to crumble. The very first thing I did as your Councillor was to bring back this forum for rural Ottawa. And...

This week, I was very pleased to honour some of our amazing volunteers and community leaders in West Carleton-March by presenting them with special commemorative coins that mark the City's 200th anniversary Thank you to Mayor Mark Sutcliffe for joining this celebration, and congratulations to the following volunteers and leaders in Ward 5: Mary Braun – the long-time executive director at the West Carleton Food Bank. Mary’s heart and dedication have kept things moving for local residents...