Category: Development
R4 zoning phase 2 is focused on helping improve affordable housing
The residential fourth density (R4) zoning review started in January 2016. This project was created because of the continual construction of unreasonably large apartments that were operating as unlicensed rooming…
Proposed new development could bring 300 jobs to local area
A Site Plan application to build a five storey mixed-use office building with a ground floor restaurant has been received by the City of Ottawa. The proposed building would be located…
Stittsville Village Association gives feedback on 1531 Main Street proposed development
At the March 14th monthly Executive Meeting of the Stittsville Village Association (SVA), Alan Whitten, President and Founder of Huntington Properties was invited to outline the proposed new development planned…
Improving the quality of your daily life
The City of Ottawa and council members are always working hard to improve the quality of our daily life. Only you can influence the shape of our communities for the…
Good turnout for open house on Stittsville Main development
A well-attended open house took place on March 6th, that Councillor Glen Gower, Ward 6 Stittsville, organized for a proposed new development on Main Street. The open house was held…
New Trans-Canada Trailhead proposal attracts positive feedback
The open house held on March 2nd for the ‘new look’ proposed for the Trans-Canada Trail entranceway off of Main Street near Abbott, was well attended and received positive feedback.…
Update: OPEN HOUSE on March 6 – 7:00-9:00pm – Goulbourn Rec Complex – Bold new development proposed for Stittsville Main
Attend this Open House to ask questions of the developer and architect who will both be in attendance to answer your inquiries. Whether you are in favour or opposed to…
New plaza for Trans-Canada Trail – open house on March 2nd
In 2018, the City of Ottawa’s Finance and Economic Development Committee (FEDCO), with the support of Shad Qadri Stittsville’s former councillor, gave approval for $200,000 to be spent on an upgrade…
March 4 slated for open house to introduce Ottawa’s official plan
The City of Ottawa invites residents to the launch of the project to develop the new Official Plan. The Official Plan is the strategic document that guides our city’s growth and…
How do you want your city to mature?
Last week the Planning Committee for the City of Ottawa introduced and approved a new work plan to assist in the formation of a new Official Plan for Ottawa. The…
OCDSB Trustee Lynn Scott – Status on forthcoming secondary and elementary schools
This update was provided in Councillor Glen Gower’s posts and used with permission. OCDSB Trustee Lynn Scott asked us to share this update with Stittsville residents. Many of you are asking how…
Update: OPEN HOUSE on March 6 – 7:00-9:00pm – Goulbourn Rec Complex – Bold new development proposed for Stittsville Main
Huntington Properties have put forth a proposal, prepared by Fontenn Planning + Design, to the City of Ottawa to construct a new retail and apartment development on Stittsville Main at…
Jackson Stitt’s descendants preserve heritage through barn restorations
(Photo: Great Lakes Barn Restoration web site) In follow-up to our story about the Bradley-Craig barn and Darby Ace’s related thesis, Patricia Barlosky of the Goulbourn Township Historical Society (GTHS)…
Our Barns: Our Stories – A thesis on the Bradley-Craig barn
(Photo: Barry Gray) In 2017, Carleton University student, Darby Ace, was working on her Master’s degree in architecture. She had already achieved her bachelor’s degree in architecture, federal government experience in heritage…
January will be busy for the City’s Committee of Adjustment
On January 16, 2019, the City of Ottawa’s Committee of Adjustment will be meeting and on the agenda are numerous items that will affect Ward 6-Stittsville. The items are as…