“Community building” sounds great until the community is underwater
As Ottawa deals with catastrophic flooding affecting residents, businesses, and even public buildings like our libraries, it feels like a real opportunity for the multi million dollar developers profiting from our city to step up.
Many large developers benefit from public investment, incentives, and the growth of the very neighbourhoods they’re helping “reshape”. If there was ever a time to give back to those communities through donations, cleanup efforts, emergency support, or assistance to affected public spaces and residents, it’s now.
It’s easy to talk about building communities when times are good. Moments like this are when we find out who actually believes it. 👀