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The numbers say it all

This year, CCOC turned 40. Almost 100 tenants have been with CCOC for over half that time, with a few of them having lived with us almost the whole 40 years.

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Toby and David Brooks Still Dream

Toby and David moved into their CCOC triplex on Flora Street over 33 years ago. Since then they have been active members of their community on many levels.

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After 40 years, so much remains the same

This is a speech by Brian Atkinson, CCOC President 1975-76, delivered at our 10th birthday party in August 1984. It blew us away seeing how much is still relevant today, so we decided to share it.

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CCOC turns 40

Centretown has changed a lot in 40 years – and we like to think we’ve played a big role in that.

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What I Love About My Neighbourhood

I found this poster while walking to work one day. I took some love. And over the course of a week, I watched as all of the love was taken.

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Music through the ducts

Jesse Winchester, Stan Rogers, Colleen Peterson, Ron Hynes, Roy Forbes, Ferron, Stephen Fearing. The names are a who’s who of legendary Canadian singer/songwriters from just a decade or two ago.

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Flower power

Twenty-two years ago CCOC started a pretty cool thing: giving away flowers to tenants. Our original motivations were pretty pragmatic: it was cheaper for us to buy all our tenants some pretty annuals than it was to hire professional landscapers.

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CCOC’s No-Smoking Policy: how a tenant and member-directed organization makes big decisions

We’re proud that tenants at CCOC have a say in how their housing is run. As a tenant and member directed organization, tenants are always part of how we make big decisions.

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Wheels of Justice? Not on the Albert Street Transitway Detour

Ottawa has started the biggest infrastructure project in its history, and it’s happening in our backyard! CCOC has about 110 homes in the Lebreton Flats area – bordered by Booth, Albert, Rochester and Primrose Streets.

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Provincial Housing Minister tells Federal Government to reinvest in Housing

“We need a national housing plan — one that includes the creation of new affordable housing opportunities and maintains our existing social housing units.”

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