Social Events
LobbyFest events allow the ECCA board members to meet and talk directly with residents.
Ice Skating
10th Annual ECCA Skating Party February 9 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm on the Lagoon, with skate rentals, fire pits, hot chocolate, and cookies.
Lagoon skating hours: 10:00 am to 11:00 pm
Crokicurl: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Lot 6 Pop-up rink: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm.
Firepits restocked during rink hours.
Meet and Greet
ECCA will host a meet and greet with Terry Wong in 2025 – date to be determined.
Neighbour Day
Neighbour Day event in June 2025.
Our volunteer base is small but we’re eager to add to our social events. If you have ideas and can provide a few volunteers to help we’d love to hear from you.
Development Projects
We’ve learned over the years that we have the most impact early in the projects. For that reason, we have already engaged with Greater Downtown Strategy about how Riverwalk West and Lot 6 development will impact our Western Gateway and how we want to use place-making and beautification funds to enhance the interface between Eau Claire and these public realm areas. Board members have attended the information session on these projects and will continue to discuss these projects as they progress.
On the other side of the neighbourhood and the other end of construction, The Eau Claire Improvement Project is beginning to wrap up, we expect completion by Canada Day 2025.
Quad Real is working on a land use application for the two large parking lots on Eau Claire Avenue between 4 Street and 6 Street. We have some concerns based on preliminary discussions and have already spoken to the Planning department about them. ECCA will stay on top of this.
ECCA is regularly speaking to the City about how the changes to the Green Line will affect Eau Claire:
• What will happen to the former Market? We understand it is still slated for demolition but have no firm date.
• What will happen to the condos at River Run?
• Will Harvard Developments choose to go ahead with their development or wait the “many years” until a North Central Green Line with an Eau Claire Station may be proposed?
Your board will continue to press the City and Harvard for information and then share it with you.
The Eau Claire Athletic Club should be opening in the first quarter of 2025. This will put to rest any development of a high-rise on the site of the former YMCA for several years.
Office to residential/hotel conversion are expected to improve the vitality and occupancy of the entire downtown area. There are currently five conversions approved for our area.
These agreements are confidential and there is no requirement to consult with the Community Association.
Your ECCA is committed to gathering as much information as possible from all the developers and establishing positive relationships with them.
James Scott and Erika Jansen, PBA Group of Companies, Element Hotel, attended our AGM to discuss the office-to-hotel conversion at 833 4 Avenue SW.
Information Sessions
Our directors attended many meeting to improve communications and express our concerns and visions for our neighbourhood. This includes:
• Quarterly meetings with all Ward 7 CAs, with various city departments represented including transit, CPS, Downtown Strategy, and many others.
• Downtown Safety Leadership.
• Green Line quarterly Business Insights Panel.
• Follow-up meetings with active developers to get updates.
• Project manager of Eau Claire Public Realm.
• River Walk West design presentation.
Communications
This newsletter remains our primary communications tool, but we’ve been working on others too.
We improved our building contracts and are getting posters into more buildings.
We’ve been posting more on Instagram and Facebook.
Overall, this has been an active year, and we’re looking forward to a great 2025. Please feel free to let us know your concerns, interests, and ideas.
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