15 Oct 2014

Vision Sandy Hill Survey Results

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Action Sandy Hill would like to thank all of those who completed the Vision Sandy Hill Community Survey this past summer. We received over 260 responses with many comments, suggestions and great ideas!  ASH is now in the process of compiling the data and will post more survey results as they become available.  An overview of key messages is provided below. There is also be an article in the most recent Image newspaper (October 11th).

Action Côte-de-Sable remercie fortement tous ceux et celles qui ont complété le Sondage Communautaire Vision Sandy Hill de cet été. Nous avons reçu plus de 260 réponses, comprenant de nombreuses suggestions et bonnes idées.  ACS est maintenant en train d’analyser les résultats qui seront disponibles sur ce site web dès que possible. En attendant, voici les messages clés (la version française suit). Il y aura aussi un compte-rendu dans le journal communautaire Image qui était distribué le 11 octobre.

VISION SANDY HILL COMMUNITY SURVEY

KEY MESSAGES

What people love about Sandy Hill:

  • Central: Canal, River, close to other great neighbourhood
  • Walkable, cyclable, don’t need a car (can even ski & snowshoe)
  • Arts friendly, eclectic, alive (including students)
  • Family-friendly (good schools, lots of parks, good neighbours)
  • Many medical clinics
  • A few great local businesses

What people don’t love about Sandy Hill:

  • Rideau Street (dirty, ugly, undesirable businesses)
  • King Edward and truck traffic
  • Garbage, unsightly and derelict properties (negligent landlords)
  • Large, ugly conversions, student rooming houses
  • Losing heritage character
  • Families are leaving, students “taking over”
  • Poor OC Transpo service (especially hours for #16)

What people want to see more of in Sandy Hill:

  • ENFORCEMENT of by-laws by the City and pursuit of negligent landlords
  • Local, local, local businesses (no chains)
  • Amenities and services: Non-pub restaurants; coffee shops; bakeries; fresh & organic food; yoga; book store; affordable fitness facilities and grocery stores.
  • More programs for: francophone children, students, low-income and teens
  • Water fountains, trees, gardens, and garbage receptacles
  • Better, safer cycling paths (to Bytown market, Vanier)
  • More of everything near Robinson

Messages for ASH:

  • Need a better development strategy – promote good development, not just protest the bad
  • Save our heritage!
  • Work with university, students, City staff and other communities to problem-solve
  • Promote the good side of Sandy Hill
  • More and different opportunities to bring the community together
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Sondage communautaire Vision Côte-de-sable

RESUME DES RESULATS

 

Ce qu’on aime de la Côte-de-sable (CDS):

  • Quartier central, entre la rivière Rideau et le Canal, situé près d’autres bons quartiers;
  • Propice à la marche et au vélo (et ski et raquette!), pas besoin de voiture;
  • Quartier vivant, éclectique, (y compris les étudiants);
  • Accueillant pour les familles (bonnes écoles, parcs, bons voisins);
  • Plusieurs cliniques médicales;
  • Quelques commerces locaux uniques.

Ce qu’on n’aime pas de la CDS:

  • La rue Rideau (sale, laide, commerces indésirables);
  • La rue King Edward et la circulation des poids lourds;
  • Les déchets et propriétés laides et mal entretenues (propriètaires irresponsables);
  • Les grandes conversions laides, maisons étudiantes;
  • La perte du caractère patrimonial;
  • La perte de la population permanente, des familles, la transformation en quartier étudiant;
  • Mauvais service OC Transpo (surtout le numéro 16).

Ce que nous voulons voir dans la CDS:

  • Le RENFORCEMENT des lois par la Ville d’Ottawa et la poursuite des propriétaires négligents;
  • Plus de commerces locaux;
  • Plus de restaurants, cafés, boulangeries, marchands de fruits et légumes et produits biologiques, yoga, librairies, ainsi que des épiceries et des centres de conditionnement physique abordables;
  • Plus de programmes pour les enfants francophones, les étudiants, les adolescents et ceux à faible revenue;
  • Des fontaines d’eau potable, des arbres, des jardins, et des bacs à déchets;
  • Des pistes cyclistes plus sécuritaires;
  • Plus de service du côté de la rue Robinson;

Messages clés pour Action Côte-de-Sable:

  • Il faut une meilleure stratégie pour promouvoir le bon développement et pas simplement s’opposer au mauvais;
  • Il faut sauver notre patrimoine;
  • Il faut travailler avec l’université, les étudiants, la ville, et les autres communautés pour résoudre les problèmes;
  • Il faut promouvoir le bon côté de la CDS;
  • Il faut plus d’occasions de rassembler toute la communauté.

 

30 Jun 2014

Vision Sandy Hill Survey

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Vision Sandy Hill Survey
tinyurl.com/visionsandyhill

Deadline for survey completion: Monday, July 21, 2014

 

The Vision Sandy Hill Survey has been developed by Action Sandy Hill (ASH) in collaboration with the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.

The purpose of the survey is to obtain your opinion about what you love about Sandy Hill, what you see as challenges for the community, what you would like to see improved and how the community can work together toward common goals.

You can choose to remain anonymous; we may only contact you if you choose to provide your contact information. The raw data will not be shared and will remain the property of ASH. Survey results will be shared with the community through ASH.

The results of the survey will inform the work of the Vision Sandy Hill project, an initiative of ASH to bring about positive change in the neighbourhood through projects that will make Sandy Hill a community of choice in which to live, work, play and do business in Ottawa.

For more information about this survey or Vision Sandy Hill please contact visionsandyhill@gmail.com, or call Geri Blinick, Community Developer at Sandy Hill Community Health Centre at 613-789-1500 ext. 2507.

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Sondage de Vision Côte-de-Sable
tinyurl.com/visioncotedesable

Date limite pour répondre à l’enquête : lundi, le 21 juillet 2014

 

Le sondage de Vision Côte-de-Sable a été préparé par Action Côte-de-Sable (ACS) en collaboration avec le Centre de santé communautaire Côte-de-Sable.

Il vise à obtenir votre opinion sur ce que vous aimez de la Côte-de-Sable, les défis qui selon vous se posent à la communauté, les améliorations que vous souhaiteriez voir se réaliser et la façon dont la collectivité peut travailler de concert à l’atteinte de buts communs.

Vous pouvez choisir de rester anonyme; nous ne communiquerons avec vous que si vous nous donnez vos coordonnées. Les données brutes ne seront pas partagées et demeureront la propriété d’ACS. Les résultats du sondage seront diffusés dans la communauté par l’intermédiaire d’ACS.

Les résultats compilés du sondage serviront à éclairer les travaux du projet Vision Côte-de-Sable, une initiative d’ACS par laquelle on souhaite mobiliser les intervenants du quartier pour y apporter des changements grâce à des projets qui en feront une communauté de choix où il fait bon vivre, travailler, s’amuser et faire des affaires à Ottawa.

Pour de plus amples renseignements sur ce sondage ou sur Vision Côte-de-Sable, communiquez avec nous à l’addresse visionsandyhill@gmail.com, ou appelez Geri Blinick, agente de développement communautaire au Centre de santé communautaire Côte-de-Sable au 613-789-1500 poste 2507.

30 Aug 2013

New ASH Committee Planning Widespread Survey to Define Neighbourhood’s Future

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[22-August-2013] Click here to view original article.

Ottawa Community News by Laura Mueller – A new initiative of the Sandy Hill community association is looking to enlist a wider swath of residents to define the future needs of the neighbourhood.

Action Sandy Hill’s new Vision Sandy Hill initiative has spawned an idea to conduct a community-wide survey or needs assessment.

Suneeta Millington, a recently elected member of Action Sandy Hill’s board, launched the initiative along with 14 people who attended an Aug. 14 meeting.

Millington said she was inspired by a Vital Signs survey that took place in her hometown neighbourhood of Bowness in Calgary, which she left last year to move to Ottawa. Vital Signs is a standardized “community checkup” conducted by community foundations across Canada.

To her, the survey initiative is twofold: engage Sandy Hill’s diverse community and gather reliable information to shape a collective vision for the community’s future.

While the discussion on Aug. 14 initially revolved around how to gather information about the population and characteristics of Sandy Hill, participants eventually moved in the direction of a needs assessment for the neighbourhood.

“It’s fine to point to facts, but then let’s ask what the needs are arising from that,” said Sharon O’Sullivan.

“It’s about people really shaping their community and giving the advice to the community association,” said Leeanne Moussa, who is leading the effort to convert the Carriage House into a space for the Bettye Hyde daycare and other services. The group has been in touch with the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study team and plans to further investigate what kinds of demographic information already exists.

One way O’Sullivan thanks about it is in terms of the reasons she feels the need to use her car. She and others agreed that surveying people about things like what resources/services they enjoy in the neighbourhood and how often they use them, as well as what types of businesses and services they would like to see added.

One recurring point that was made was an interest in investigating whether there is a desire for a volunteer group in Sandy Hill to offer more recreational programming in partnership with the city – something that’s done in other neighbourhoods, including nearby Old Ottawa East’s Community Activities Group.

Engaging people in a survey might help ignite community activism, or at least provide an opportunity to collect and distribute information about what’s already available in the community.

But some people in attendance at the meeting cautioned that the project must be approached in an inclusive way from the start. Christine Aubry, a board member with the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, wondered if the term “permanent residents” used in an email Millington sent to interested participants could be considered exclusionary. “Like it or not, students are a big part of our community,” she said.

Millington said the terminology will have to be finessed as the initiative moves forward because her email was meant to be inclusive.

“Just because you’re a tenant, doesn’t mean you are not a permanant resident,” she said. “It was meant to capture people’s connection to the community and … whether someone feels vested in the community.”

Outreach with students and tenants of multiresidential buildings will be the trickiest part of the survey, but a critical part, Millington said.

The format of the survey, what information will be collected and how the group will promote and engage people in the project are yet to be determined. Timelines for the initiative weren’t set out at the first meeting.

Anyone wishing to connect with the Vision Sandy Hill survey project can connect Millington via Action Sandy Hill on the web at www.ash-acs.ca and by email at info@ash-acs.ca.