Posted Nov 2, 2015, 7:57 PM
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Ottawa 2017: Canada's sesquicentennial
I didn't see a thread for the Ottawa 2017 news so I'm starting one. I assume they'll be more news as 2017 approaches.
This event sounds pretty cool. Hope it becomes an annual event.
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Picnic planned on Alexandra Bridge for 2017 party
By Jon Willing, Ottawa Sun
First posted: Monday, November 02, 2015 01:04 PM EST | Updated: Monday, November 02, 2015 01:18 PM EST
Grass will be laid across a steel bridge connecting Ottawa and Gatineau for a picnic in Canada’s 150th birthday year, the cities’ mayors announced Monday.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin actually ate together on the Alexandra Bridge to discuss the picnic, which will be held July 2, 2017.
The mayors “enjoyed a meal together featuring culinary favorites from each city, as they dined at a bistro table set on a patch of green grass, surrounded by the majestic views of the Ottawa River,” the 2017 office said in a news release.
Manderley Turf Products has committed to donating the sod for the “interprovincial picnic” in 2017. The bridge will be transformed into a park overnight. Groups will be assigned picnic spaces.
The sod will then be donated to local community organizations.
Organizers say they’re borrowing the idea from a 2009 tourism promotion in Sydney, Australia. About 6,000 people attended that event on the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
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http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/02/...for-2017-party
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