The slides from Ashcroft’s February 1st presentation to the community on the proposed development at the Sisters of the Visitation Convent site are now available here.  They include the broad development guidelines, and specifics on future meetings.

The HICG would love to hear your thoughts on this development.  Please use the comment button below, or email us at webmaster@hamptoniona.ca.

The Hampton Iona Community Group is seeking comment on a proposed application to the Committee of Adjustment.  The application concerns the property on the corner of Bevan Ave and Wesley St (455 & 453 Bevan Ave and 196 Wesley Ave).  Details can be seen in the attached file here.  The public hearing is scheduled for 1pm on February 17th at Ben Franklin Place.

Please contact Lorne at lorne@hamptoniona.ca with any comments.

Were you at the Feb 1st community meeting for the Soeurs de la Visitation Convent development?

Do you have any thoughts or concerns about this development?  If so, the Hampton Iona Community Group wants to hear from you.

Please click the “Leave a Comment” button below (anonymous comments are possible), or email us at webmaster@hamptoniona.ca with your comments.

And just a note that the next development meeting will likely be March 4th (TBC), where more concrete plans of the development site will be presented.  Details to follow.

Ashcroft Homes, the developers of the Soeurs de la Visitation convent site (114 Richmond Road), are holding a public meeting on Monday, February 1st from 7pm to 9pm to discuss the development of the site.  The planning and design guidelines will be presented at this time.

The meeting will be held in the basement meeting room at St George’s Church (415 Piccadilly Avenue).  All in the community are invited.

More information can be found here.

The Hampton Iona Community Group is seeking comment on a proposed application to the Committee of Adjustment.  The application concerns the property at 178 Devonshire Place.  Details can be seen in the attached file here.  The public hearing is scheduled for 1pm on February 3rd at Ben Franklin Place.

Please contact Lorne at lorne@hamptoniona.ca if you have any comments.

Saturday January 30th is Hockey Day in Canada.  The City of Ottawa is participating in this event for the second time and is seeking to hold hockey games on as many of its rinks as possible.  Come on out to Iona Park between 12:00 and 2:00 on Saturday January 30 and join your neighbourhood playing hockey.

On January 28, the Hampton Iona Community Group will be holding a public meeting at 7:00 at Hilson Public School.  The agenda includes a review of the Soeur de la Visitation project, a proposed development at Bevan and Wesley and a call for volunteers to help plan this year’s winter carnival.  If you have any questions or suggested agenda items, please contact HIGC at katie@hamptoniona.ca or call Lorne at 613 725-9147.

The Hampton Iona Community Group is pleased to advise the community that all of the rinks in Iona Park will be open as of Saturday January 16.   We opened the non-hockey surfaces on January 10 and the hockey surface is now ready for skating.  We would like to thank our many volunteers for their countless hours in preparing the rink.  We have three rink attendants this year: Dylan Johnston, Francis Valenti and Patrick Hoffman.  The rink will be supervised during the evening throughout the week and on afternoons during the weekend.   The rink at Iona Park will be participating in Hockey Day in Ottawa on January 30 (noon to 2:00).  We will also be holding our winter carnival (date still to be set).

The pleasure rink at Iona Park is now open for skating.  Work continues on the hockey rink, and we anticipate having it ready to play on by next weekend (a follow-up post will announce when it’s ready to open).

Happy skating!

Click here to read Councillor Christine Leadman’s 2009 end-of-year newsletter.