Ottawa Board of Trade - Build Up Ottawa!

Let's Build Up Downtown Ottawa Together!

It's an all hands on deck situation to build up our capital city for the next generation of Canadians. It’s not one thing - one government - one program – one mandate - that will bring life back to downtown. It’s a collection of actions that will result in a more desirable, resilient, robust, and inclusive downtown. Send a message to all your local elected officials urging them to act now!

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The Ottawa Board of Trade released an action agenda in May that could rescue and rebuild downtown Ottawa. I am asking you, as an Ottawa champion and elected official, to help move the priorities forward. 

The action agenda (“A Living Capital: Downtown Ottawa Action Agenda”) was built in collaboration with the Canadian Urban Institute, and partners across the city, including the City of Ottawa, Ottawa Tourism, Invest Ottawa, BOMA Ottawa, and the National Capital Commission, to address the decline of our downtown.

The action agenda embraces the vision of a holistic live-work-play environment. One that creates a culturally rich, inclusive and accessible downtown for all. One that boosts our local economy. And one that attracts artists, investors, innovators, leaders, talent and young people.

The action agenda targets four big moves to realize that vision. Turning the action agenda’s vision into a reality requires coordinated action, strong leadership and a clear vision. The agenda details real actions in a 60-step, multi-faceted implementation plan with targeted accountabilities, timelines and outcomes.

Downtown Ottawa is the heartbeat of our whole region – and where tourists and visitors from across the country, and world - come to explore. As the centre of our nation’s capital, it is a symbol of Canada’s identity and culture internationally. What happens downtown has a direct and immediate impact on every business, every resident, and every visitor. 

We must focus on making downtown a source of national pride, and a place where businesses and people choose to be.

I urge you to contact Sueling Ching, President and CEO of the Ottawa Board of Trade (Sueling.Ching@ottawabot.ca), to learn more about the action agenda and how you can push priorities forward. 

Thank you,

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An Action Plan To

Build Up Ottawa

Let’s invest in Ottawa’s Downtownfor people, business, life, and growth.

Download the plan.

Stay informed!

Hear What Ottawa’s business leadersare saying about our action plan:

Sonya Shorey

Zachary Dayler

Erin Benjamin

Catherine Callary

Let's Build Up Downtown Ottawa Together!

Join the action tobuild up Ottawa’s downtown

Become a member

Join Our Newsletter

Share on Social

Let’s invest in Ottawa’s Downtown
for people, business, life, and growth.

Download
the plan.

Join the action to
build up Ottawa’s downtown