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Next Deadline II OSCAR February 24,1995 THE OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION REVIEW Vol. 22 No. 6 OUR 20TH YEAR! FEBRUARY 1995 LET’S PUT THE HEART BACK BANK STREE INTO BANK MAIN STREET BY PETER HECHT Main Street is the centuries long evolution of the footpath in earliest clusters villages into the shopping street of our present cities. Main Street has been lifeblood of a community. Main Street, has been the place where people lived, traded, worked and played. People vied to build their businesses and homes on Main Street where they could be seen and visited. As villages grew into towns, so did Main Street. But it remained the heart pf the community. This was where commerce and social life took place. Citizens did their daily shopping here and looked forward to meeting friends and neighbors to learn the latest news both ofcommunity and world. Now, in our own lifetimes, this has all changed. Main Street has become a through route to somewhere else. People, no longer welcome; are obstacles to the safe passage of cars. The car, newspaper, television and telephone have persuaded us into removing ourselves from Main Street life. But the needs of Main Street remain. Why else would strip malls and shopping centres, the suburb builder’s answer to Main Street, increasingly resemble traditional Main Street? Here in Old Ottawa South, we don’t need a pseudo Main Street We’ve got Bank Street and it is still alive and kicking. A bit drab and dowdy at the edges perhaps, but the heart is still beating. We have a core of staple businesses serving our daily needs and interesting enterprises are continuing to spring up. A new merchants’ association is starting up. Is Main Street dead? With this renaissance underway and with the upcoming reconstruction/of the Bank Street roadway, the removal of the power poles and the traffic study, we have the chance to make Bank Street back into our Main Street. Let’s Put the Heart Back Into Bank! Over the next few months, OSCAR will be bringing you ideas and articles about some of the things we can do to rejuvenate and improve the heart of our Old Ottawa South community. CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED! OSCAR needs your articles, photos, poems and stories, each and every month. This is your Streetscape where pedestrians and cars have equal rights, this common sight in Edmonton shows paper, without you, we cannot succeed. what can be done to enhance a shopping district when vehicular traffic is not the only concern. Photo P. Hecht FEBRUARY 1995 ♦ THE OSCAR ♦ PAGE 2 OSCAR ' ' :: CONTRIBUTIQNSSORÉLY NEEDED Community Association Report veil though we receive some wonderful contributions i from our ■regular contributors, we are always in need of .storks, pcwite 260 Sunnyside Avenue and photos. We ere looking for news of oldtimers, interviews, Ottawa, Ontario stories, articles, poems, sketches and restaurant reviews which would be of K1S 0R7 interest to residents of Old Ottawa South. 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Drop us a letter with name, address including postal code and include a cheque made out to OSCAR ZONE Al: Mary Jo Lynch (Coordinator), Eric and Brian Lynch, Candace O'Lett, Brian Eames, Kim Barclay, Marvel Sampson, Cybil Grace, Wendy Robbins, Charles Halliburton, Ron Barton, Lindsay Whillans, The Boutin Family, Robin Scobie OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY CENTRE ZONE A2: Chloe Hanes (Coordinator), Robin Scobie WINTER HOURS PHONE 564 -1064 ZONE B1 : David Farr (Coordinator), David Farr, Sharon Plumb, Andrea and Cedric Innés, Ross Imrie MONDAY, WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM TO 10:00 PM ZONE B2: Linda Young(Coordinator), Leslie Roster, Patty Leonard, Rick Potter, Karen and Dolf TUESDAY, THURSDAY 9:00 AM TO 9:00 PM Landheer, The Woyiwada Family, Anna and Dan Calvert, The Webber Family, The Young Family FRIDAY 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM ZONE Cl: Laura Johnson (Coordinator), The Neale Family, The Harrison Family, The Gilmore Family, SATURDAY 9:00 AM TO 1:30 PM The James-Guevremont Family, The Jarmuski Family, The Williams Family SUNDAY CLOSED ZONE C2: Kathy Paterson (Coordinator), Alan McCullough, Lily & Peter Hecht, Bill McCauley, Dan Byme, Barbara Copley, The MacGregor-Staple Family ZONE D: Leonard Gerixandt (Coordinator), Patti Angus, The Small Family, Jessie Neufeld, Tony Hauser, Andi Gray, Mary Hill, The MacDonalds, Jessica & Colin Drysdale, Mary Ann Keys, Gilbert Jamieson, Martha Robinson, Elenor Quesnel IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS ZONE El: Mary Hill (Coordinator), The Hutchinson Family, The Hanley Family, Chris Ringland, The Moussel-Forrester Family OSCA 564-7277 Ottawa South Public Library 598-4017 ZONE E2: Rufina Basu (Coordinator), Jesse Rading, The Tillman Family, Eleanor Berry, Mary-Ann Kent, Çarleton Students Association 788-6688 Glen Elder & Lorraine Stewart, Julie Vergara, The Fraser Family, Mary Hill Regional Government 560-1335 ZONE FI : Carol O'Connor (Coordinator), Karen Fee & Family, The Bol Family, The Tubman Family, The City (snow, trees, flooding, etc) 564-1111 Dalziel Family, Hie Chandler Family, John & Lee Zamparo, The Bennett Family City Licensing/Enforcement 564-1457 ZONE F2: Janet L Jancar (Coordinator), Sonya Jancar, The Moir Family, The Stem Family, The Liston City Property Standards 564-1717 Family, The von Baeyer Family, Jeff Dubrule, Marie Dubrule, Paul Jancar Parking Enforcement 564-1457 ZONE G: Angela Graves (Coordinator), Chris Kinsley, The Chihlar Family, The Blakeman Family, The Jim Watson 564-1308 Graves Family, The Grier Family, Julie de Bellefeuille, Tom Kurys Road potholes, cracks, broken glass, etc. West of Main Bullock & Toronto Area: The Rowleys • RMOC roads 739-3140 • Ottawa roads 564-1111 Bank Street-Ottawa South: Tom Lawson, The Code Family Bank Street-Glebe-Main: Rufina Basu • NCC roads 733-0117 Carleton University: Jim Watson Deliverer needed, 18 papers, Belmont - River dale to Park entrance FEBRUARY 1995 ♦ THE OSCAR ♦ PAGE 3 OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OSCA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE BY SUSAN LEAH At our January Board meeting, to work with the fledgling Bank Street assure all residents that you will be Looking outside the neighbourhood - OSCAR editor, Peter Hecht, Merchants Group that has recently been consulted about any project that might Board members attended a Transport made a plea to the Board to be created with the support of OSCA's have an impact on you. I would be 2000 meeting to review the feasibility better reporters - to tell Old Ottawa OSWATCH committee members and delighted to hear from any resident of study on the CP commuter rail proposal South residents more about what it is Councillors Jim Watson and Brian Old Ottawa South who would be and are taking part in a workshop on that we do for you, as members of the McGarry. interested in joining this group. Call me February 4, organized by the Federation OSCA Board. So here is a brief OSWATCH has also been dealing anytime, at 730-5347 of Citizens' Associations, on the overview of some of the Board's with several planning and development One community enterprise that is upcoming review of the Region's activities: issues on behalf of residents. Members going ahead is a small Cafe at the Official Plan. OSCA Board members got back to will be sitting on the committees set up Firehall. This is not sponsored by Board members will be attending work quickly after the New Year by the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling OSCA, but has the support of the Board.

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