RESOURCES:
Letters sent by P4X (Plant Pool, Plouffe Park Expansion Coalition) to the City:
Want to learn more about the proposal to sell Plouffe Park? Below are documents produced by P4X (Plant Pool, Plouffe Park Expansion Coalition) on the details of the proposal.
IN THE NEWS:
Local advocates save Plouffe Park from development. Kitchissippi Times, February 2024 (web)
*See page 14
https://issuu.com/greatrivermedia/docs/kitchissippi_times_february_2024?ff
New Ottawa school won’t be built on Plouffe Park, ward councillor says. Ottawa Citizen, January 30, 2024 (web)
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/new-ottawa-school-wont-be-built-on-plouffe-park-ward-councillor-says
City revising plan that pits park against school in Little Italy. CBC News, November 25, 2023 (web)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/little-italy-plans-revisions-1.7038942
Need for new school and green space collide in a fight over Ottawa’s Plouffe Park. Capital Current, November 25, 2023 (web)
https://capitalcurrent.ca/need-for-new-school-and-green-space-collide-in-a-fight-over-ottawas-plouffe-park/
Pitting a park against a French-language school is an unfair choice. Ottawa Citizen, October 11, 2023 (web)
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/troster-pitting-an-ottawa-park-against-a-french-language-school-is-an-unfair-choice
We shouldn’t have to choose between schools and green space. Ottawa Citizen, October 11, 2023 (web)
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/deachman-we-shouldnt-have-to-choose-between-schools-and-green-space
Le télé-journal Ottawa-Gatineau, October 3, 2023 (radio)
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-ottawa-gatineau/site/episodes/811750/episode-du-3-octobre-2023
(Skip ahead to 14:16)
Parents desperate for new school worry about delay over green space fears. Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan, October 2, 2023 (radio)
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/16013035-parents-desperate-school-worry-delay-green-space-fears
The Sam Laprade Show, CityNews Ottawa, September 12, 2023 (radio)
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/audio/the-sam-laprade-show/
(Skip ahead to 23:06 from the first hour of their September 12 episode)
Development could leave generations of Little Italy kids without greenspace, residents say. CBC News, September 11, 2023 (web)
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6953862
Centretown Buzz, August 11, 2023 (newspaper)
Centretown Buzz, January 21, 2022 (newspaper)