News

Hello Hintonburg residents,

Lots of news including everything from vacant properties to snow moles…
Read on!

Our city is in the midst of a housing crisis and yet dozens of vacant houses and boarded up in Hintonburg.

The HCA presented at the City Community & Protective Services Committee budget meeting on Nov. 19 on the issuy. We propose a tax on vacant property to reduce speculation from taking affordable housing off the market long before redevelopment.

Check out more information here  and watch the video below made by Cheryl Parrott, one of our longtime HCA Board members.

If you would like to take action, we recommend writing to the mayor and cc’ing all of the city councillors as Councillor Leiper is on board to address this issue but there would need to be a vote at council.

Last week, Councillor Leiper hosted a presentation about the Scott Street Corridor.  There were some very interesting changes proposed between Bayview and Churchill for both pedestrians and cyclists.

You can watch the presentation or check out the PDF with more information here.

We hope the picture to the right captured your attention! This photograph isn’t from Hintonburg and I don’t think any of us remember this much snow on our streets, but…

It can be extremely hard to get around in the winter using our sidewalks.

The HCA is supporting the Council on Aging in their Snow Mole Program.  Snow Moles are volunteers who report on what it’s like to walk outside on a winter day in Ottawa. The information they gather will be used by the Council on Aging of Ottawa (COA) to inform the City and others of ways that winter walkability can and should be improved.

Anyone can be a snow mole. If you are interested, contact us at info@hintonburg.com and put “Snow Mole” in the subject heading.

The 20th Annual Carleton Tavern Christmas meal is going ahead this year with a slightly different format.

We are partnering with Parkdale United Church to see how we can provide meals safely in takeout format.This year donations of money are more useful – either through Go Fund me page or dropped off at the Carleton Taverm. Please consider donating if you can.

Check out the facebook event here.
We’ll share more information closer to the day.

Our volunteer-run zoning and development committee is always busy with a number of proposals for the neighbourhood.

Pulled from Councillor Leiper’s recent e-blast: Residents have asked how they can best welcome our neighbours using the centre, and City staff have provided me with the following:Please find below a list of items that would be extremely useful in meeting the needs of the clients for the Tom Brown Respite Center. We would welcome any of the following:

We also welcome more toiletries (new products only):

To donate, residents from the neighbourhood may email Tombrownrespite@ottawa.ca or call 613.809.1731 to set up an appointment for drop-off during operational hours. Remember to follow physical distancing when dropping off donations. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support.