Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy
Consultation has concluded
We need your help to:
- Create Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards
- Develop a Recreation Facility Strategy
- Meet several objectives of the Municipal Sport Strategy
The project will:
1. Establish municipal recreation facility infrastructure standards and its critical elements. These standards will be included in designs for major renovation or newly built municipal recreation facilities.
2. Create the Vision and Guiding Principles for the City of Ottawa's Recreation Facility Strategy
3. Learn about who is using City of Ottawa recreation facilities and barriers for users and non-users
4. Develop a Recreation Facility Strategy, consistent with growth in the City of Ottawa, that recommends renovation, repurposing, decommissioning or the development of new facilities.
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Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Email this linkWhat would you suggest the City avoid in any future builds or major renovation designs? What elements of our Recreation Facilities do not work well? Please post your ideas and vote for the other suggestions you like the most.Some examples of facilities are multi-sport complexes, community centres, field houses and arenas. Within these facility types there are elements that vary between sites. For example, an element may be a parking area, pool, fitness facility, storage, canteen, arena, gymnasium or multi-purpose room.At this time, we are looking for your ideas on the physical structures and how they are laid out within the facility. This project is not focused on programming or reviewing fees / allocations.View All Ideasover 1 year ago
meeting rooms
A meeting room or rooms which can hold up to 80 with a series of closets along the walls. Each interest group wishing to hold their monthly meetings would be assigned a lockable closet to hold the library of books and other equipment belonging to the group.
over 1 year ago
Indoor soccer fields
over 1 year ago
Many centres are too large and impersonal and not well suited to the needs of local communities whose needs are often more basic.
over 1 year ago
Too many baseball diamonds and not enough soccer fields.
about 1 year ago
Improve access for diverse communities
At some City facilities the contrast between the neighbourhood and the centre users is quite stark. Sometimes it looks like you have to be white to use the pool or the gym even when there’s lots of other folks in the area
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What would you suggest the City include in any future builds or major renovation designs? What building elements in our Recreation Facilities work well? Please post your ideas and vote for the other suggestions you like the most.
Some examples of facilities are multi-sport complexes, community centres, field houses and arenas. Within these facility types there are elements that vary between sites. For example, an element may be a parking area, pool, fitness facility, storage, canteen, arena, gymnasium or multi-purpose room.
At this time, we are looking for your ideas on the physical structures and how they are laid out within the facility. This project is not focussed on programming or reviewing fees / allocations.
View All Ideasover 1 year ago
There should be another 50 m (long course) pool available so that the kids can practice long course and not just race it at meets.
over 1 year ago
In need of a few multiple gym complex for basketball, participant #'s rising - lack of facilities to support the demands
over 1 year ago
In-door-out-door pool? Multi-use facility like Carlton U has (track surrounding green space). Maybe have that type of option around a rink?
over 1 year ago
Diversify sports facilities- we need a centrally located indoor running track and a gymnastics facility
An indoor running track is essential for runners during Ottawa's hot summers and cold winters, when running outside is difficult and dangerous, and are more versatile and useful than treadmills. We have only one, located out in Bearbrook, far away from most of the city and difficult to get to. Running is a safe and popular sport, and it is also inexpensive, requiring no special equipment. Similarly, a gymnastics facility with padded floors and foam blocks would be a safe place for people looking to build functional strength, practice gymnastics, or practice parkour, which is an increasingly popular sport among the city's youth and adolescents. I suggest the old tennis court and adjacent empty paved lot in Riverain Park as a potential site for both facilities- it is centrally located and well-served by several transportation options.
over 1 year ago
Ottawa is in critical need of an Aquatic facility that is FINA compliant for competitive aquatic sports. Sportsplex is aging quickly.
Hosting major Aquatic events will attract thousands.
Who's listening
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Phone 613-580-2424, 27366 Email RCFS-PublicEngagement@ottawa.ca -
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