Rideau Rockcliffe... A great place to live needs to be a great place to work

We need to think about bringing jobs to the area so travel can be reduced.


The Vanier Parkway

Making roads wider and faster simply attracts more traffic.  In Overbrook, it splits the community into two distinct areas.

The Vanier Parkway effectively splits Overbrook into two distinct neighborhoods, one is to the east of the parkway, the other is to the west. The next plan is to take a single pedestrian cross walk and turn it into yet another traffic intersection Vanier at West Presland (pedestrian corridor) looking north, soon to be converted into another busy traffic intersection. What choice is there? subsurface tunnels or pedestrian overpass - but the island is built and so it shall remain, WEST OVERBROOK!

Community Development

 Overbrook Ottawa Newsblog Focused on transitions within Overbrook Neighborhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Sunday, November 25, 2012 Community Development in Overbrook - 

 These pillars are directed at empowering the entire community to break the cycle of poverty 

education, 

alternative income and livelihood, 

health care, 

clean water and sanitation, and 

agriculture and food security.  

Create community projects designed to be owned and maintained by the community, and self-sustained within five years after project implementation is complete.

 promote solidarity, not charity

.learn and share with community members in order to gain a valuable experience.

begin making a difference, armed with a new perspective and understanding of our role in the global community.

Hands-on volunteering and the opportunity to give back in a meaningful way

Social issues education

Renewed sense of community: Helping to redefine the sense of empathy, compassion and a full understanding of the power of communalism.

Action planning: All participants set goals and build personalized action plans Engaging and collaborating with local community members at the outset of any development project in order to address the issues that community members have identified as important. 

 Developing and building the capacity of community members to assume leadership and management of the implemented projects. 

 Providing families (especially women) with opportunities to participate in alternative income and micro-credit programs, and equipping them with the skills and tools—such as financial literacy training, business planning workshops and leadership seminars—to be successful entrepreneurs and give back to their community. Developing the potential of "merry go rounds" (and other similar traditional lending and savings initiatives) to increase income and livelihood for families. Tackling local environmental issues and providing solutions based on indigenous knowledge to ensure programs can be sustained by both community and the land.

Peter Karwacki is an avid whitewater kayaker out of Northern Ontario. He started paddling the Kipawa in 1985. One of its rapids, "Pete's Dragon" is named after him. Supported by the paddling community and the Northern Ontario Liquid Adventures Club he presented his first paper to ENERGEX 2002 in Kracow, Poland. That paper was published in the European Journal of Applied Energy. You can find his entire resume on his website at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/kayaky/peter.htm He has has paddled both the Colorado and the Ganges and is currently working to create a NGO river preservation network in Canada. Peter Karwacki (Sr.) Ottawa, Ontario 

http://www3.sympatico.ca/kayaky/peter.htm http://www3.sympatico.ca/kayaky/NOLAC.htm

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