The goal of Friends of Lansdowne and Let’s Get it Right!
Friends of Lansdowne strongly support the revitalization of Lansdowne Park. We want to see Lansdowne Park revitalized in a way that’s best for the people of Ottawa – taxpayers, current users, and future visitors. We don’t believe that giving away ten acres of city-owned land – for free – to build a giant mall is the right fit for the centre of our nation’s capital. Our goal is to see the City develop the best plan for Lansdowne Park in an open, competitive manner that doesn’t increase property taxes and create traffic congestion across the city and gridlock downtown. The Let’s Get it Right! campaign is a city-wide effort to reach this goal. Get involved and Let’s Get it Right!
Who are we?
Friends of Lansdowne is a city-wide coalition working for the revitalization of Lansdowne Park. Our coalition includes people from every corner and community in Ottawa. We are people that love Ottawa and feel that our city is getting a raw deal – a bad deal for taxpayers.
Objectives
- To promote Lansdowne Park as a sustainable, accessible, public space for the benefit of all Ottawans and visitors, today and in the future
- To support revitalization of Lansdowne Park which is fair, open, fiscally responsible and consistent with the site's heritage values
Please Support the Friends of Lansdowne
We are an entirely volunteer group. If you are able to donate funds to support our work (legal and other research, printing, advertising..maybe our own polling in the future), it would be much appreciated.
If you would like to donate, please sent a cheque to "Friends of Lansdowne", c/o Ted Lupinski CA, 137 Second Ave. Suite 2, Ottawa, K1S 2H4.
Legal Fund
The Friends of Lansdowne have retained Sach Goldblatt Mitchell, a leading Canadian law firm, to explore legal issues related to the Lansdowne Partnership Plan. The initial assessment indicates that there are real problems with the current proposal. [Read the legal brief here]. We are asking for your help to do more research. Please contribute!
