Welcome to Equality East Citizens Coalition! -- Issues & Ideas -- Arts Facility

Equality East Citizens Coalition
1612 Baie Verte Crescent
Orléans ON KIC 3K2
(613) 837-7950

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Issues & Ideas -- Arts Centre

Join the Equality East campaign for an arts and cultural facility in Ottawa's East District!
(Posted October 23, 2002)

The Equality East Citizens’ Coalition officially launched on October 23, 2002 a campaign to press members of City Council to commit a minimum of $8-million to establish a permanent, multifunctional community arts and cultural facility in Ottawa’s East District.

Our campaign is just now getting under way... we need your help! To show your support for an arts and cultural facility in Ottawa's East District, we invite you to:

send an e-mail to members of city council and select city staff (link to E-mail form below)
call your city councillor (link to city directory opens in separate window)
download a petition and collect signatures

Heads of community-based organisations may sign onto our Declaration of Support by e-mailing Equality East or calling (613) 837-7950.

To volunteer your services with our campaign, please visit our Membership section and fill out the registration form provided.

E-mail City Hall Form

Please fill out the form below to send an e-mail to members of City Council and select city staff. A suggested message is provided for your convenience, but you may modify the message as you deem fit. Thank you in advance for supporting our efforts to establish an arts and cultural facility in Ottawa's East District.

Message:	Dear Members of City Council: I hereby wish to express my unwavering support for establishing a permanent, multifunctionnal community arts and cultural facility in Ottawa's East District. The facility, a project first proposed to the City of Gloucester in 1988, has been identified as one of the Top 5 citywide recreational and cultural priorities in the City of Ottawa’s Facility Needs Study Phase II. I respectfully request that, within the current municipal budget process, you: - commit no less than $8 million to this overdue facility; - include the above funding commitment in the city's 5-year capital forecast; and, - set a firm timeline to begin construction on this much needed arts and cultural facility. Given that no existing facility east of the Rideau River adequately meets the current or projected requirements of the East District's residents, I remain confident that I can count on your support for this much needed capital project. Thank you.
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Petition

Download a copy of our petition below and gather as many signatures as you can muster between now and December 3rd, 2002. Completed petitions may be returned to the Gloucester Arts Council (GAC) at the Cyrville Community Centre, 4355 Halmont Drive (ph. 749-4978) or the Visual Arts Centre, Orléans (VACO) at 1490 Youville Drive in Orléans (ph. 830-5420).

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept online signatures for this petition at this time. To sign our petition, you may drop by the GAC or VACO offices during regular business hours, or send us an e-mail to make alternate arrangements.

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