Old Ottawa East Community Newsletter

August 28, 2024

Fall Adult Fitness Registration Now Open!

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Figure Drawing Registration Now Open!

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2024-2025 CAG After School Care Programs

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Save the Date!

Friday Sept 20th - Saturday Sept 21st

Movie Night

6:00pm, Kids Movie at Old Town Hall

8:00pm, Family Movie at Springhurst Park

Community Party & Garage Sale at The Grand Allée (along Main Street) from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

More information coming soon, available at: https://www.OttawaEastCAG.ca/main-event-2024

CAG Fall 2024 Adult Fitness Registration

Now Open!

We offer a variety of classes for all your fitness needs, check out our 13 weekly adult fitness classes available this fall!

More information available at: https://www.ottawaeastcag.ca/adult-fitness

CAG Figure Drawing Registration Now Open!

Come join this weekly gathering and practice your figure-drawing skills while learning and sharing with your fellow artists.

Participants work in the medium of their own choice and provide their own materials. Easels are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Beginners, as well as experienced artists, are most welcome.

More information available at: https://www.ottawaeastcag.ca/figure-drawing

CAG After-School Programs:

Spaces Still Available!

August 27th, 2024 - June 27th, 2025

CAG's After-School Child Programs are offered to school-aged children from Kindergarten to Grade 6. The programs are offered at both Old Town Hall (61 Main Street) and the Brantwood Park Fieldhouse (39 Onslow Crescent) during regular school days - Monday to Friday, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

CAG's After-School program offers fun, safe, activity-based programming with just the right amount of structure. Outside play and indoor stations are used to provide a balance of free-play time and planned activities that provide options and engagement for the children.

More information available at: www.ottawaeastcag.ca/after-school-programs

Events Around Old Ottawa East

The Spectrum Street Festival!

From August 16th to September 1st, Somerset Village will be home to The Spectrum Street Festival, "an accessible, all-ages series of summer concerts, daytime activities, art and community building".

More details available at: https://www.indigenousmarkets.ca/spectrumstreetfestival

Public Consultation

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) recently published a Notice of Completion for the Preliminary Design and Environmental Assessment for the Rehabilitation/Replacement of Ottawa Queensway Downtown Bridge from Metcalfe Street to Main Street. The deadline for public review and comment on this assessment is September 14th, 2024.

The MTO Notice of Completion can be found here: https://75180106-ce71-4380-8de0-7b4bd84356cb.usrfiles.com/ugd/751801_0c931b4564064b92ab381975fed10162.pd f

An electronic version of the assessment can be found online, at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16EDE2cei_EA_5PZJ6L3yRI4Dn7T7spaG/view

CAG will be providing public access for the viewing of a physical copy of the assessment at Old Town Hall (61 Main Street). Contrary to the hours listed in the Notice of Completion, our public access hours will be:

September 3rd, 6:00 - 8:00pm

September 5th, 7:30 - 9:30pm

September 10th, 6:00 - 9:00pm

September 11th, 6:00 - 8:00pm

If you would like to provide comments or require additional project information,

please email queenswaydowntownbridges@bteng.ca

or visit the project website at www.queenswaydowntownbridges.com