Tag: Orleans

After-School Snow Day

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December 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Bring your kids down to the local park for fun in the snow after school. Use the Community Forum (https://cgow.ca/community-forum) to find the closest park hosting a satellite event or start your own!

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December 2024 Newsletter

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2024 Community Outreach Survey The Community Association is working on new and improved ways to connect with the neighbourhood, and big events like our annual Moonlight XC Ski and Winter Carnival are coming up in early 2025 (stay tuned for details). As part of an increased focus on outreach, we want to hear from …

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Third places in Convent Glen Orléans Wood

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Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.com Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President The Pumpkin Alley organized by my fellow community association board member, Arnold van den Hoeven, made me realize two important things, our neighbours are generally awesome and we need more of these types of things. The highlight of the event to me was …

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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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Convent Glen Pumpkin Alley 2024

November 1, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Convent Glen Pumpkin Alley 2024 You’re invited to the first Convent Glen Pumpkin Alley! The Convent Glen Orléans Woods Community Association is thrilled to host our first pumpkin alley on Friday November 1st, 2024 from 6 – 8 PM. Join …

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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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Allée des citrouilles Convent Glen 2024

Vous êtes invités au premier Allée des Citrouilles de Convent Glen! L’association communautaire de Convent Glen Orleans Woods organise cet évènement le vendredi 1 novembre, 2024 de 18h à 20h. Rejoignez-nous dans le sud du parc Voyageurs et apportez vos citrouilles avec lumières électriques (pas de flammes) pour illuminer le sentier en cette nouvelle tradition …

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Atelier sur le règlement de zonage – 1er octobre à Ray Friel

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Cet automne, la Ville d’Ottawa organise une série d’ateliers en personne pour discuter du nouveau Règlement de zonage. Ces ateliers visent à faire participer la communauté, à recueillir des commentaires précieux et à faire en sorte que le nouveau règlement de zonage s’harmonise avec le Plan officiel et réponde aux besoins et aux aspirations …

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