About the OECA (Ottawa East Community Association)

• Old Ottawa East
• Upcoming Events
• Ottawa East Community Association
• Main Street Revitalization
• Neighbourhood Traffic Plan
• Heritage and History (A History of Ottawa East CDROM)
• "midtown" footbridge
  

Old Ottawa East The community of Old Ottawa East is located on either side of Main Street, east of the Canal, west of the Rideau River, south of Sandy Hill and north of Old Ottawa South. It encompasses the area that was once the Village of Ottawa East. Main St. was the main street of the village and the name remained after it was annexed to the City of Ottawa because Ottawa had no other Main Street in 1907.

Upcoming events:

1. The Tuesday April 13th OECA meeting agenda will include:

   1. Call to Order – Nick Masciantonio, Chair
   2. Approval of Agenda
   3. Approval of March 9, 2010 Meeting Minutes
   4. Chair’s Report – Nick Masciantonio
   5. Treasurer’s Report – Don Fugler
   6. Midtown Footbridge – John Dance
   7. Community Design Plan - City's Oblates Land Study – Anthony Leaning/Stephen Pope
   8. Lansdowne Update – John Dance/Ron Rose
   9. Brantwood Gates – Jennifer Drew
   10. Committee and Representatives Reports
   10.1. Planning Committee – Paul Goodkey
   - Presentation on Evelyn/Chestnut Streets development - Jakub Ulak
   10.2. Sustainable Living Ottawa East – Sue Mckee
   10.3. Traffic– Ron Rose
   10.4. City Centre Coalition– Leslie Kirk
   10.5. Federation of Community Association – Christian Pupp
   10.6 Mainstreeter – Joseph Zebrowski/Maurice Fournier
   11. Community Activities Group (CAG) Report – Catherine Pacella
   12. Councillor’s Report
   13. New Business
   14. Date of Next Meeting – Tuesday, May 11, 2010
   15. Adjournment

2. Our next regular monthly meeting will be on May 11 2010.
3. The next deadline for submissions to The Mainstreeter will be June 24 2010.
4. The next OECA Annual General Meeting will be November 9 2010.
   

Community Association and Related Groups

The Ottawa East Community Association is the volunteer run association representing the residents of the area. Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:15 at the Old Town Hall. We typically do not hold meetings in July and August.

The village's Old Town Hall located at 61 Main St. now serves as the community centre.

Since the big amalgamation of the City of Ottawa we also refer to ourselves as the Old Ottawa East Community Association similar to what was done in Old Ottawa South. We have been adding the prefix of Old to our name on a working basis. Throughout this website the terms Ottawa East and Old Ottawa East mean the same thing.

The community association concerns itself primarily with traffic, local development, neighbourhood safety, heritage and social issues. Along with other community associations we are part of the City Centre Coalition, Citizens for Healthy Communities, the Coalition Against Queensway Widening as well as the Federation of Community Associations. The Ottawa East Community Association board is made up of:

President – Nick Masciantonio Vice-president – Jenn Drew Secretary – Ruth MacKenzie Treasurer – Don Fugler Membership chair – Barbara Hicks Past president – Jan D'Arcy CAG rep – Catherine Pacella Planning Committee – Paul Goodkey (Chair) Sustainable Living Ottawa East (SLOE) rep – rotating rep Lees Ave. Apts. rep – Bill Baldwin Federation of Community Associations (FCA) rep – Christian Pupp City Centre Coalition (CCC) rep – John Baglow Standing Committee on Traffic and Transportation – Suzanne Johnston Standing Committee on Communications – Jim Patrick Business rep – Mika Weaver Member at large – John Dance Member at large – Linda Krystal

 

The Community Activities Group (CAG) is the other community organization operating from the Old Town Hall and they are mainly concerned with recreational, educational and social programs run in the neighbourhood (at the Old Town Hall, from the school facilities and parks).

The community newspaper is called The Mainstreeter. It is published once every two months (except for July and August) and distributed throughout Old Ottawa East.

The mailing address for the OECA (also known as OOECA), for CAG and The Mainstreeter is:

Old Town Hall, 61 Main St., Ottawa Ontario, K1S 1B3

Midtown Footbridge

Supporters of the proposed Midtown Footbridge now have a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/MidtownFootbridge.

Main Street Visioning and Revitalization

Saturday November 19th 2005 there was an Open House on Main Street redevelopment ideas at Saint Paul University. Get more info and background on the project.

You can download a PDF of the survey from the committee working on a vision for Main Street. Completed surveys can be sent to the Old Town Hall address above.

Traffic

Aside from fighting highway expansions which would harm Ottawa East such as the Alta Vista Corridor and Queensway widening, the community association worked with the city in 2000 to develop a neighbourhood plan to calm traffic, to make the neighbourhood safer and more livable. The text from the 2000 Main Street Transportation and Streetscaping Report can be downloaded here (370K in pdf format). We continue to work to see its recommendations implemented.

Beginning in 2008 the NCC has initiated a study of safe pedestrian crossings for Queen Elizabeth Drive and Colonel By Drive. The report from the first workshop can be downloaded (note this is a pdf document and is over 1 meg in size)in English or French.

Heritage and History

Curious about the history of the village? The Community Association has copies of A History of Ottawa East CDROM available (written in part and compiled by Rick Wallace). It includes about 500 photographs and 300 pages of text about the development of this community. Copies are avaliable for $5 by contacting Nick Masciantonio.

This page last updated on April 8, 2010