New Senators rink to be built in Bayshore
By David Reevely, OTTAWA CITIZEN January 6, 2014
OTTAWA — Bayshore is the next neighbourhood to get a new ice rink funded by the Ottawa Senators, the team’s foundation and Coun. Mark Taylor are to announce Tuesday.
The project is part of a long-term deal between the hockey team and the city, which began with the “Rink of Dreams” on the north lawn of City Hall downtown. The Senators are also paying for new outdoor rinks — not refrigerated, like the one at City Hall, but with better skating surfaces and higher-quality boards than a typical neighbourhood puddle rink — in up to 20 of the needier neighbourhoods in Ottawa Gatineau as a way of commemorating the team’s 20-year anniversary.
The first to open was in Jules Morin Park in Lowertown, a year ago. Each rink is to cost about $250,000; the city is contributing $200,000 to the program’s management costs.
The new rink in Bayshore Park is part of an attempt to revitalize the whole west-side community, where the rental housing is dominated by Ferguslea Properties. The company is contributing to other park improvements. “Along with the rink upgrades there are plans to upgrade the current field house and add an outdoor stage to the area,” said an invitation to the official announcement, from Taylor’s office.
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