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Inside ‘Tri-party’ meetings keep Manotick, NEWS Minto in the loop Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com
The Manotick United Church is hosting its second annual e-waste recycling event on May 25. – Page 3
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Osgoode adds talent contest to community’s Canada Day celebrations. - Page 4
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Runners get ready for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend slated for May 25 and 26. – Page 12-13
EMC news - Minto has agreed to meet regularly with Manotick groups to ensure everyone is chasing the same goals. Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt has organized the bi-monthly meetings, which will bring councillor, community and developer into the same room. He said the purpose of the meetings is to keep the lines of communication open. “The big thing is to make sure everyone is on the same page and learning things at the same time,” Moffatt said. “We want to make sure the communication is good as we move forward with the first phase (of development) and other phases.” Minto is currently building the first phase of a large housing development southwest of the village core, off Manotick Main Street. The first three families will move in at the end of the year, with more coming in early 2014. Along with Moffatt, representatives from Minto, the Manotick Village and Community Association, the BIA and the Manotick Culture, Parks and Recreation Association will meet every second month to discuss concerns, share information and work together on community projects. “It’s just a matter of keeping tabs on the small things that sometimes might also get overlooked,” Moffatt said. Susan Murphy, vice president of development with Minto Communities, said Minto is open to this kind of
co-operation because it keeps the developer in the loop. “Its more to have a vehicle to communicate in terms of activities that are happening with the BIA and the community associations so there’s better communication and cooperation,” Murphy said. For example, Minto is now aware of the upcoming Dickinson Days celebration on the first weekend in June, Murphy said.
I like the idea of working with shared ideas ... rather than afterwards try to stitch things together. KLAUS BELTZNER
Klaus Beltzner, president of the Manotick Village and Community Association, hopes the meetings can go beyond information sharing and lead to real deliverables on projects of “mutual interest” such as better pathway connections, roads, cycling infrastructure and crosswalks. “I like the idea of working with shared ideas and plans rather than have these evolve independently and then afterwards try to stitch things together,” Beltzner said in an email. “It will be an opportunity for the community and Minto work together on enhancing and connecting neighbourhoods and the village.” The first meeting was held in April. The group will meet again in June.
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On the run Preston Martin, a 10-year-old Manotick athlete, finished first in the Beaver Chase Series two-kilometre race held near the Kanata Legion in Morgan’s Grant on May 13. More than 50 runners participated in the race, including children and older adults from the Manotick area. The race was the first of Run Ottawa’s Beaver Chase series of run this spring and summer. The next event will be held on Tuesday, June 11.
Longer season, community events take market to new level Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com
EMC news - The Manotick Farmer’s Market is growing faster than its vendors’ vegetables as it gears up for an expanded season in Dickinson Square. The market opens on Saturday, June 1, three weeks earlier than last year, and will run every Saturday until Thanks-
giving weekend. New vendors are setting up shop, including a bakery and several local meat producers. But it’s all the extras planned for the season that make the market an exciting destination this summer. Market president Paul Mussell, who owns Carmel Farms south of Manotick, said the market has a long list of community activities planned for
the season. “We’re trying to have something happen every weekend,” he said. Whether it’s an event run by Watson’s Mill - such as the Manotick art show in June or market-run activities like a horse-drawn wagon, Mussell said there’s always more than fresh food available. See FARMERS, page 2
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