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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
Inside Heron NEWS
The National Capital Commission is warning Ottawa residents to stay off dangerously thin ice on the Rideau Canal. – Page 2
CITY HALL COMMUNITY
The Ottawa Newcomers Club helps all women who are new to the nation’s capital. – Page 11
COMMUNITY
Ottawa police Chief Vern White opens up about his world travels and his work as a professor. – Page 14
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Park centre up for redesign Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com
EMC News - The renovation and expansion of Heron Park Community Centre continues to feature high on the list of priorities in Capital Ward. Coun. David Chernushenko and the four community association presidents in the ward have identified the centre as one of the priorities in need of funding to undertake a needs assessment. While the city did not designate any funding in its 2012 budget for the project, that has not deterred residents to begin a process of discussing what and how their desired community centre would look like. Since the early fall, Heron Park residents have been working with a group of Carleton University architecture students to do a demographic study of residents in the area and discuss with them their needs and wishes for a renovated centre. Originally the centre was built to serve as changing rooms for baseball teams, according to the Heron Park Community Association website. The needs of the surrounding communities have has long since outgrown that simple purpose. Currently, the centre is shared between the city and residents to run different programs. Andrew Slade, a student in his final year of graduate studies in architecture at Carleton, has been attending resident meetings for the past 14 weeks trying out different participative and interactive design techniques with various people in the community.
Photo by Emma Jackson
Twyford-Centralla resident Ava Zidek enjoys a free hot dog at River Coun. Maria McRae’s annual community barbeque on Columbia Avenue in July. Local firefighters handed out firefighter hats for children and the local neighbourhood watch group encouraged residents to sign up. Residents brought desserts and salads to complement the free burgers and hot dogs provided. For more photos and stories from part two of our 2011 year in review, turn to page 3.
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