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Calling Beaverbrook Residents!

EnviroCentre wants to hear what you have to say about energy and water conservation, transportation and local food right here in Beaverbrook! 

Participate in this interactive session and learn how to move your ideas into action, through the "Sustain Your Community" project.

When: Thursday, November 27, 2014 7 - 9 pm 

Where: Kanata Beaverbrook Community Centre, 2 Beaverbrook Rd - 1st Floor Main room

Light refreshments will be provided and for participating, you will have a chance to win a free home energy assessment ($350 value)!

Transit tickets and child care reimbursements are available on request.

For more information, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 613 656 0100 ext 120.

Or visit  for more details see Sustain Your Community project

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I'd like to welcome our new Beaverbrook Community Centre Coordinator/Manager on board - Vanessa Hines - who will be gradually contacting all our Rental clients over the next few weeks.

We're also in the process of revamping how we manage renting space at the Community Centre, including providing more up front information on our web site to make it simpler and faster. For example, we've added a "live" Calendar, which you can check to see if the room/date/time you want to rent is available. Checkout our updated Community Centre page

A key change is a single email address (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and phone number (613) 592-4435 for all Community Centre related correspondance, rental inquiries, etc.

We'll connecting with all of our rental clients with all the changes and providing a more complete service including providing contracts, invoices and receipts - all electronically

Regards,

Neil Thomson
President KBCA

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The City of Ottawa is reviewing its "Older Adult Plan" for the 2015-2018 time frame.

They are looking for 3 volunteers from Beaverbrook to attend a community agency discussion session on Thursday November 13th 2014 from 8:30 am -11:30 am at the Nepean Sportsplex.

Background

As you may know, in 2011 the City of Ottawa approved an Older Adult Plan (2012-2014) which represents a coordinated approach to develop and/or enhance municipal infrastructure, services and policy in order to address the needs of older adults living in Ottawa.

The mandate of this first Older Adult Plan (OAP) is set to conclude at the end of 2014. For this reason, we have begun preparations to develop a refreshed Older Adult Plan 2015-2018.

We are inviting your agency or organization to send up to 3 representatives to a community agency discussion session on November 13, 2014 in order to provide your input to assist the City in preparing for the refreshed OAP.

To register, apply here: Older Adult Planning Session Registration

 

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The EnviroCentre is looking for a "Catalyst"/Coordinator for an Environmentally focused "Sustain Beaverbrook" group. For more information on the EnviroCenter, click here envirocentre.ca

Community Sustainability Position – Honorarium Provided.

EnviroCentre is seeking a Beaverbrook resident to be a Community Catalyzer to support EnviroCentre’s Sustain Your Community project. This project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide cost-savings for residents, and support community engagement. It is focussed around four themes: Energy and water conservation, sustainable transportation and local food. See here (insert one-pager) for more information.

The position requires an enthusiastic, well-connected individual who is passionate about local sustainability issues and community building. The catalyzer will need to access email, phone and be able to develop and review documents, from their own home or external working space. Training and an honorarium will be provided. Please see here (insert pdf) for more details on the position and how to apply.

Application deadline : November 9

For details on this project see: Sustain Beaverbrook EnviroCentre Project

For more information on the position, see: Catalyst Position Requirements

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Update:

We've updated the report, which details the property damage that has resulted as drivers pulling up to get their mail are destroying the grass verge near the mailboxes as their are no roadside curbs in our community.

We have also started more aggressive campaigning to get attention for a major safety issue for student/vehicle issues due to a mailbox blocking the view of a major pedestrian pathway for both drivers and students (1600 population) and a complete lack of channels at Canada Post to address the issue.

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Beaverbrook (Kanata) was one of the first communities to be retrofitted with community mailboxes from existing door to door delivery, which was completed in Oct 2014.

Canada Post announced a rollout plan which included community consultation and that they would strive to provide safe and accessible mailboxes that would be sidewalk accessible, near lighting and avoid encroaching on private property – if possible.

As the process unfolded, Canada Post’s behavior when dealing with mailboxes on city property vs. condominium corporation private land was very different.

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The organizers of the Beaverbrook Walkability Audit are looking for volunteers. The Walkability Audit will evaluate the conditions and safety of the sidewalk and pathway network throughout Beaverbrook. This project is part of a study of several communities that is being coordinated by the City of Ottawa's Council on Aging.

 

Volunteers are needed for Saturday, October 25th from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. Small groups of walkers will each be provided with a clip board, map, and a survey checklist. Each group will be assigned a route of 1 to 2 km. We'll meet at the Beaverbrook Community Centre at 1 PM

 

If you are interested, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..