3 new parks planned for Griffintown

The city of Montreal is building three new parks in the condo-laden neighbourhood of Griffintown, and canvassing residents’ opinions on what sort of green spaces they want.

On Wednesday the city and the Sud- Ouest borough held the first of three citizens’ meetings, attended by 250 residents and business owners from Griffintown and Little Burgundy. They participated in a series of workshops to determine a common vision for the future parks. The parks will be located on the corners of St-Thomas and Ottawa Sts., Peel and Ottawa Sts. and Ann and Ottawa Sts.

Following this week’s meetings, citizens are invited to participate in a design workshop on March 21 on two of the parks to be developed. A third meeting will be held in the spring to present drawings of the possible designs.

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