{"id":845245,"date":"2026-08-04T02:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845245\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T02:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:08:09","slug":"ottawa-seeks-public-input-on-skate-park-redevelopment-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845245\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa seeks public input on skate park redevelopment \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The City of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/ottawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ottawa<\/a> is inviting residents and skate park users to weigh in on plans to redevelop the city\u2019s skate park at 322 West Jefferson Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Commissioner Marla Pearson and the Ottawa Playground and Recreation Board will host a public meeting Thursday, Aug. 13, at 6 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers, 301 West Madison Street, to present a conceptual redevelopment plan and gather community feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">RVi Planning and Landscape Architecture, which is assisting the city with the project, will present the proposed improvements and answer questions from residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">\u201cPublic input will help refine the plan as the project moves forward,\u201d according to city information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The redevelopment plan will support the city\u2019s application for an Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development grant through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/illinois-department-of-natural-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Illinois Department of Natural Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Residents unable to attend the meeting can submit comments or suggestions to Tami Koppen at 815-433-0161, ext. 240, or tkoppen@cityofottawa.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Ottawa is inviting residents and skate park users to weigh in on plans to redevelop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,147406,884,59907,20739],"class_list":["post-845245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-illinois-valley-front-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-mywebtimes","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}