Ottawa 2049: What’s YOUR Dream?
The first 3i Summit took place on November 27 and 28th in 2009. Two hundred and fifty people gathered at the Great Canadian Theatre Company for two days of inspiration and creativity. Thirty speakers and artists sharing their dreams, visions, and talents. It was uplifting, joyful, sublime.
If you were at the Summit we would love your feedback. How did we do? What would you like to see next year? If you weren’t able to join us you can read daily summaries here. Please also check back with us in the new year for the Rogers TV broadcast schedule of Summit presenters.
A big thank you goes out to everyone involved – volunteers, sponsors presenters. The Summit would not have been possible without you.
The presenters at the Summit were asked to answer some key questions. As we are all leaders in our own lives, we’d love to hear your answers too.
- Where do you come from – tell us the story of how Ottawa became your home
- Tell us how you feel about Ottawa – what do you appreciate and what would you like to change?
- Where are we going? What can Ottawa become – tell us your dream for Ottawa.
- Are you engaged in a project or initiative? Tell us about what you are working on and why it is important to you.
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I’m very interested in participating at this event. I have been in contact with some people with regards to a very special project that I would like to perform on the Saturday night bash…something to remember and put us back on the world map. Please contact me for further info on what’s up my sleeve!
Best,
Rob
robert can you give me a call 613 601 6997
bart
Was Paolo Soleri just a dream? Will we borrow some of his ideas?
Transportation – Could we look at Calgary with its rail system that occupies just one street downtown and affords everyone free access within the city core with paid fares to other parts of the city. This would eliminate buses from the city centre. The Ottawa core is quite similar in size.
Power: wind, solar and waterpower. We could have it all. The windmill would be an interesting historical feature that shows what wind power can do. Solar power: I like the idea of homeowners creating power and selling it back to the grid. How would that work in the long run?
Being of Dutch original, I would like to see more meeting places (cafés) along the parkway for bicyclists and skiers along the parkways along the river, and the canal- Britannia, Westboro Beach, Rockcliffe, Edinborough and Lansdowne. There should be small market squares. Although we have some communities that way, there does not seem to be enough cohesion with the Canadian habit to build along lines rather than around squares. Why does this seem to be mutually exclusive?
Traffic: More traffic circles. They enrich the environment by providing green space, while moving traffic around a.
Could we help by doing some preplanning in this way? Rather than just shopping centres, could we have some cultural input? Orleans comes to mind with its Schenkman Art Centre.
What are our cultural plans – music, the arts. At east the City of Ottawa is active in providing artists exhibition space.
Communication – Information. SOcial media – How can we keep in touch without getting overloaded/ Not much has changed. Free membes still get bombarded with “advertising”. Ecademy is far out the best one to check out credibility (not unlike BNI), but pwoer members can contact anyone at any time – Overload Is Web3 a solution or will it degnerate in mass advertising? Newspapers – what is the future? Is there still a place for print?
Having lived in Ottawa for forty-some years, I look forward to hearing all the great ideas and plans that must be floating around in the capital.
Oh, how can we disentagle the political entities – NCC, City, etc.? Or , how can we get them to work together. Is that possible or absurd?
Passionate about what Ottawa can be.
Iris
THANK YOU…for joining us—for jumping in and stepping up; for your willingness to stretch your heart and mind…..for believing and for creating the space for a community conversation like NO OTHER!!!!….