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The National Capital Greenbelt
The National Capital Greenbelt is a 20,000-hectare rural landscape that is a distinguishing feature of Ottawa, providing a separation between the urban area within the Greenbelt and the urban communities that have been established just beyond it. The Greenbelt is a mosaic of land uses and facilities. It contains Natural Environment Areas, such as the Mer Bleue Bog, Stony Swamp and other critical wildlife habitat, that remain linked, although tenuously, to other large natural landscapes in the rural area of Ottawa and beyond. Farming continues as a viable economic activity on Agriculture Resource land. Other economic activities include government and private-sector research and development facilities, as well as the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. The Greenbelt also contains large-scale community facilities such as the Nepean Sportsplex, the Queensway-Carleton Hospital and the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre as well as several schools and churches. The Greenbelt is one of the world?s largest urban parks and is a destination of choice for many hikers, cyclists and cross-country skiers annually.
For more information on the Greenbelt campaign or to get involved on the committee, please contact the CPAWS-OV office by e-mail at jmcdonnell@cpaws.org or call at (613) 232-7297.
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Take Action!
Notice of Special Meetings: Official Plan Review
The National Capital Commission is inviting the public to share their views with respect to the development of a vision for the National Capital Greenbelt. CPAWS-OV urges the public to attend to ask the NCC to make protecting the Greenbelt from development a priority. For more details on this subject, please click here to see our brochure.
These consultations will take the form of an exhibition of panels( known as open house) organized thematically to present elements that are key to the development of the Vision. Themes will include agriculture, natural environment, recreational activities and challenges. Staff will be available to exchange ideas and answer questions. The existing conditions as well as the results of the forum will also be available as part of this phase of the project. The public is invited to learn more about the process by visiting www.canadascapital.gc.ca/greenbelt.
As for the time and place of the consultations, they are as follows:
Ottawa East
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Between 5 pm and 8 pm
École secondaire publique Louis-Riel
1655 Bearbrook Road, Ottawa, ON, K1B 4N3
Ottawa West
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Between 5 pm and 8 pm
Nepean Sportsplex, Hall A
1701 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K2G 1W2
Ottawa Centre
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Between 5 pm and 8 pm
National Capital Commission Room 323
40 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K1P 1C7
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Image credit (banner):
Marc Gravel