Neon Forestation
May’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Lisa “Justy” Dennis and the O-Town Bombers, Ottawa’s first yarnbombing group. The award will support a public art project called Neon Forestation, with trees covered in neon wraps and ...
RightBike
April’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Schuyler Playford and RightBike, a community bike share service operating in the Wellington West and Westboro areas. The award will allow RightBike to refurbish two hand-crank (“pedalled” by hand) ...
Musical Underground Ottawa
March’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Kent Aitken to support Musical Underground Ottawa, an experiment in “reverse busking” to be held early this summer. “The plan,” explains Kent, “is to set up in public spaces ...
YouthCanSlam 2013
February’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Ikenna Onyegbula to support the inaugural YouthCanSlam spoken word festival, to be held this August in Ottawa. “The YouthCanSlam Festival,” he explains, “is an attempt to seize upon the ...
Speed-Gaming!
January’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Ashley Cabecinha and Ka Lei Ku to support the hosting of speed-board-gaming events in Ottawa. Ashley and Ka explain that speed-gaming is “like speed dating, but less awkward and way ...
Trade School Co-op Ottawa
December’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Shirley Manh to support the establishment of a barter school, or “trade” school, in Ottawa. Shirley, whose day job is at a not-for-profit, describes herself as an ordinary person ...
Senior Organic Gardeners
November’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Margaret Tourond-Townson to support organic gardening by seniors in retirement homes. Margaret, a senior herself, will work with fellow Canadian Organic Growers volunteers Rob Danforth, David Townson, and Sara ...
May's Awesome Ottawa award will support neon tree wraps and crocheted fungus! http://t.co/J1750i8pNG