Obviously, anybody reading this is bringing with them their own life experiences and unique history.
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Nov 29
My First Time Winter Sowing
Gillian Cantello, Environment Committee I have always loved gardens, but I am far from being an accomplished gardener. I had never grown anything from seed. That changed when I became part of the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association’s Environment Committee and got to know some of the members, who are wonderful gardeners. One of …
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Nov 19
CGOW Monthly Photo Contest
Starting with the rest of the month of November, the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association’s Outreach Committee will be running a monthly photo contest. For this first (shortened) month, the theme will be ‘Fall’ while the leaves change and drop off their trees. The only ‘rule’ for this contest will be that to win, …
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Oct 29
CGOWCA Pilot Project – A Community Forum
Starting in November 2024, the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association will be launching a new pilot initiative: a community forum (minus the Facebook algorithm). I wanted to share some of the reasons we wanted to try this out for the community and what we hope to do to keep it as a safe, productive …
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Oct 28
Budget 2025: Active Transportation Priorities
Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President, CGOWCA Board Last spring, I did a series on my personal blog about what I consider the top priorities for active transportation in Orléans. I came up with four general objectives and wrote a post about each of them: Allowing kids to move around the neighbourhood Getting people to the …
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Sep 28
Avantages du plan secondaire du corridor d’Orléans
Matthieu Gagnon, vice-président du conseil d’administration du CGOWCA Lors de notre assemblée générale annuelle du 24 septembre, nous avons eu la chance d’accueillir Robin van de Lande pour une présentation sur l‘Étude du Plan secondaire du couloir d’Orléans, qui en est aux dernières étapes de son adoption (en attente de l’affaire OLT-23-000243 du Tribunal …
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Sep 28
Benefits of the Orléans Corridor Secondary Plan
Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President, CGOWCA Board At our annual general meeting on September 24, we were lucky to have Robin van de Lande come to present on the Orléans Corridor Secondary Plan Study which is in the final stages of being adopted (pending Ontario Land Tribunal case OLT-23-000243). In May, a first development application …
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Sep 28
Spotlight on Earthub
Savanna Symons, CGOWCA Environment Committee Reducing our waste to benefit environmental conservation is something we can all do. Thanks to Earthub, it’s easier than you think! Earthub is a local organization on a mission to empower individuals, businesses, and communities to embrace eco-friendly solutions that preserve our planet for future generations. It was founded in …
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