Leslie Park Community Association

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Neighbourhood school Saint John the Apostle on Costello is fundraising for a new school play structure and to support our local Morrison Gardens Food Bank. You can help by purchasing a Christmas wreath or planter decorations to support these great causes. They also make great gifts!

Here are the winners of the pumpkin contest! First Place: #30 - carved by Keira on Dayton ($50 Gift Card for Parti Pizza) Second Place: #23 by Allison on Lavina ($50 Gift card for Bella's Boys) Third Place #27 - by Allison on Lavina... Draw prize winners: #4 - 24 Lavina ($25 Gift Card for Cozmos) #8 - 68 Monterey Drive ($25 Gift Card for Frank's)

Please see the new vacancy for volunteer webmaster position. Here we would like to sincerely thank Sarah for her help with the Leslie Park website over the past year. We're sorry that she's moving out of Leslie Park. https://www.lesliepark.ca/volunteer

"The Leslie Park Circular" is now live and ready for you to join on Facebook! To join, please click on the group link below. You will be asked to answer a couple of questions and agree to the ground rules. https://www.facebook.com/groups/leslieparkcircular/

Voting for the Pumpkin Contest is now on!! Please visit the Leslie Park Halloween Contest page at https://www.lesliepark.ca/halloween-contest-vote to view 33 fabulous pumpkins and submit your vote!

Coming soon....The Leslie Park Circular! The Leslie Park Community Association is excited to announce that a new virtual space for community members is being developed and it will be available for you to join on Facebook very soon. We've called it "The Leslie Park Circular" and we envision that it will be a place where community members can look for or provide goods or services within our community. You will also be able to post notices of upcoming events or opportunities that you wish to share. We are excited about this upcoming marketplace that has been designed to meet your interactive needs. A launch date will be announced soon so please stay tuned!

Today is the deadline to review consultation materials and fill out an online questionnaire on the City of Ottawa’s Transportation Master Plan Update. Find out more at https://www.lesliepark.ca//provide-input-for-phase-2-of-tr

Dear neighbors! Make a picture of your carved or decorated pumpkin and share it on our Facebook page (or alternatively send to [email protected]) by October 26th. You will be entered in a draw for a gift card from one of our local businesses. The most original pumpkin will get a special prize! You can cast your vote for the most original pumpkin on the Leslie Park page starting October 28th to 30th. Please make sure that the photo you send is your own creation!

"Provide Input for Phase 2 of Transportation Plan" Starting today and until October 23, 2020, the public and our stakeholders are invited to review consultation materials and fill out an online questionnaire on the City of Ottawa’s Transportation Master Plan Update. For this phase of engagement, the public is invited to provide input on: the Active Transportation (AT) Plan;... what a fair and equitable transportation system looks like; and, new technologies that are changing the way we move around the city. The online questionnaire and a link to the mapping activity can be found at www.ottawa.ca/TMPUpdate, as well as an introductory video, information boards, a discussion paper on new mobility, and a report on what we heard in Phase 1 about residents’ priorities and vision for the future of transportation in Ottawa.

Looking for a way to be involved in the community and support youth? Want to help with the challenges facing community groups through COVID-19? Find out what the return to Scouting looks like during Covid-19 and how your youth can join for free September-Dec 31, 2020. Sign up at scouts.ca... https://www.scouts.ca//covid/covid-19-scouting-update.html The 8th Nepean Scout Group is looking for new members of our Group Committee. Group Committee, chaired by the Group Commissioner, deliberates on issues like group growth, fundraising, equipment purchasing, youth safety, recruitment and more.

The fall planting program is scheduled to begin the week of September 21st and will run, weather permitting, until mid November. The Forestry Services’ fall planting program will run this year and planting requests for 2021 are now being accepted. Requests for 2021 can be made at https://ottawa.ca///trees-plants-and-forests/tree-planting. Planting program information can be found at Ottawa.ca/forestry.

Please be advised that the date of the Urban Boundary Review consultation has been moved to Sept. 24 at 11am to allow time for more residents to participate vs the short notice of the previous date. The current registrants have been notified.

The links found below contain a map and the correlating Population Forecast, sorted by Option number, as well as the official Ottawa Ward Boundary Review presentation and ranking tool. PDF Link https://drive.google.com//1893cEv0EguI0V4uJTd5zqko2Tnuc5IO Word Link https://drive.google.com//1cCto9Co1txF0R8u3ZvGkzvLN5iU5w8e... We extend an invitation to yourselves and your residents to meet with us via Zoom for discussion about the options presented to us. The last major review was in 2004-2005, about 15 years ago and we can expect that the impact of this review will extend well into the next 15 years..

Round 2 of virtual consultations and meetings are currently underway, residents citywide are again invited to participate via Engage.Ottawa.ca or [email protected]. Community Associations, like those of College Ward, present an opportunity to reach out to residents more directly and offer an alternative way to share ward specific options. The full options report and supporting documents can be found on Ottawa.ca however we would like to share a condensed look at all 6 o...ptions for discussion. When: Sep 16, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Urban Boundary Review Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_yrPPKzbeSWWYoUe-ei4Cmg