The founding meeting of the Hintonburg Recreation Association takes place tomorrow evening (Wednesday, February 22), 7pm at the Hintonburg Community Centre. The association has been in the works for some time. The idea is to have a group specificially dedicated to helping us get the most out of our recreation
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Miss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Shinny in the ‘burg
Even if you haven’t registered for Hintonburg’s first (hopefully) annual Street Hockey Tournament, there will be plenty of fun and action tomorrow on Hamilton and Spencer by Parkdale Park. The fun starts at 11:30 and continues all day – stop by and cheer for your friends and neighbours!
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: What the heck’s a CDP? Forum Thursday.
The fine folks of the Wellington Village Community Association will be holding a public form on the Wellington West Community Design Plan (or CDP for short) this coming Thursday, January 19. The forum takes place at St George’s Church on Picadilly Ave, between 7 and 9pm. The Forum will explain
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Hintonburg Hub Update
As reported over in openfile, there may indeed be a new location for the Hintonburg Hub. It was clear that the negotiations with the Salvation Army were going nowhere, and without political help (and cash) from the city, the partners weren’t able to bring the kind of leverage to the
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Post-Debate Musings
I haven’t really written about the NDP leadership debate. I guess it’s about time, eh? So far, Miss Vicky is remaining unaffiliated with any campaign. It’s tough when you have friendships and professional relationships with multiple candidates (which I do). Normally I’d be inclined to sign on with someone I
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Budget time!
Well, city budget time is upon us again. Is it just me or does the process seem a little hasty this year?
Draft documents were released last week, on October 26. Where there used to be meetings in almost every ward (with some councillors pooling e…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Support your community association!
Tomorrow evening – Tuesday, September 27 – is the Hintonburg Community Association Annual General Meeting. It’s a chance to hear about what’s happening in the neighbourhood, give your community association some feedback on its work and, if you are so …
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: KFC Update, doggy cafes and more
Miss Vicky was chided today by a member of the Faithful Legion for the light blogging of late. It is indeed time to get more political – city budget approaches, we’re heading in to the last push in the provincial election and our MP is contemplating a…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Next City Cafe at Alpha Soul
Spacing Ottawa has organized a really interesting line-up of speakers for tomorrow’s Next City Cafe at Alpha Soul. The topic is "Everyday Cycling" and features Colin Simpson from the city, Causeway’s Schuyler Playford, Ian Fraser of the West…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Weekend Fun
Fall in the ‘hood means plenty of weekend activity. Miss Vicky will try to keep up but is experiencing hardware difficulties, and as much as she enjoys the Webgeek’s Playbook, it is not so fun for longer writing stints.
So, a quick update on this we…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Thank you Jack
Dear Jack
What devastating news yesterday. I am heartbroken – as are many.
The last time I saw you was the CLC convention in May, shortly after the Orange Wave propelled the NDP to Official Opposition. It was something we only dreamed about in …
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Comings and goings and foodie news
Lots of changes in the ‘hood! I’ve been meaning to write an update for a while but it seems that a staycation with two kids under five does not make for much time for reflection and writing. Go figure.
If you’ve spent any time around the Stirling/…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Update from Hintonburg Hub Partners
Wondering what’s up with the Hub? Here’s the latest from the Hub Partners.
On June 27, the Hintonburg Hub partners met to plan next steps in securing needed community space for affordable housing and accessible health and social services in the H…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: 36 Stories on Parkdale? Really, Tega?
So much development news…. hard to package it all into one blog post. But here goes…
On May 25, Council passed the Wellington West Community Design Plan. This plan was several years in the making, the product of extensive consultations and hard…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Hintonburg Hub – sign the petition
Last week’s open meeting on the Hintonburg Hub was a real success. Despite the struggle to get the funding the Hub needs to secure the Bethany House land, it was clear from the 60-odd neighbours gathered at the meeting that there is some real support …
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Comings and Goings: Doubling Down and Burnt Butter
Well, it’s finally come to pass. KFC has closed its doors. Would-be customers today found locked doors and a sign referring them to the nearest franchise. Rumour was the site had been sold to a European company, so we’ve been waiting for something t…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Hintonburg Hub – Meeting Wednesday
Want to find out the latest about the Hintonburg Hub’s quest for funding, and how you can help? Come to a public meeting on Wednesday, June 1, 7pm at the Hintonburg Community Centre. We’ll hear about the Hub partners’ meetings with government represe…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Devonshire Playground update
It’s been covered in the news, so most likely you’ve heard there’s a semi-resolution to the Devonshire parking vs playground debacle. Here’s a great letter from the school council co-chairs, with some background as well as a description of the challeng…
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