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The City of Ottawa is pulling up its stakes on six “urban camping” sites because of lacklustre registration numbers for Canada Day.
The idea was novel: let people camp at municipal properties because it might be hard to find hotel rooms for the big Canada 150 celebration.
But the idea was flawed: many of the sites being offered up were far from the big bash in Ottawa’s core.
It might have been a tough sell for campers, who are asked to shell out roughly $70 a night to pitch a tent in a field next to a recreation centre. Campers interested in setting up their RVs in the parking lots are asked to pay at least $170 a night.
The city has been offering three-night and five-night bookings between June 29 and July 4.
Parks and recreation boss Dan Chenier broke the news to council in a memo late Tuesday afternoon, saying the city had only received 79 registrations as of the morning.
With registrations closing on June 15, Chenier predicts the city will only sell close to 100 sites for the 11 properties, which represents only 13.5 per cent of the total number of sites available.
Registration opened March 1.
Most of the booked sites are at municipal properties close to Ottawa’s downtown.
The city doesn’t have much time to waste, since it needs to organize resources and adjust its contracted services.
So, it has to decide now if it’s going to roll back parts of the camping program.
Starting Wednesday, the city is trimming the number of available properties to five: Jim Durrell Centre, Tom Brown Arena, Richelieu Vanier Community Centre, St. Laurent Complex and Earl Armstrong Arena/Splash Wave Pool.
That means the city will no longer be offering camping at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex, Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex, Goulbourn Recreation Complex, Kanata Leisure Centre and Wave Pool, Nepean Sportsplex and Cumberland Village Heritage Museum.
Council told staff to make sure the costs of the urban camping program are recovered, which means the program needs to pay for itself. It was clearly difficult to meet that demand with the number of reservations booked so far.
Chernier tells council that the city will reassess the number of camping locations if registration numbers change significantly by the end of the booking period.
Information about the Canada Day camping can be found on the city’s website.
jwilling@postmedia.com
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The idea was novel: let people camp at municipal properties because it might be hard to find hotel rooms for the big Canada 150 celebration.
But the idea was flawed: many of the sites being offered up were far from the big bash in Ottawa’s core.
It might have been a tough sell for campers, who are asked to shell out roughly $70 a night to pitch a tent in a field next to a recreation centre. Campers interested in setting up their RVs in the parking lots are asked to pay at least $170 a night.
The city has been offering three-night and five-night bookings between June 29 and July 4.
Parks and recreation boss Dan Chenier broke the news to council in a memo late Tuesday afternoon, saying the city had only received 79 registrations as of the morning.
With registrations closing on June 15, Chenier predicts the city will only sell close to 100 sites for the 11 properties, which represents only 13.5 per cent of the total number of sites available.
Registration opened March 1.
Most of the booked sites are at municipal properties close to Ottawa’s downtown.
The city doesn’t have much time to waste, since it needs to organize resources and adjust its contracted services.
So, it has to decide now if it’s going to roll back parts of the camping program.
Starting Wednesday, the city is trimming the number of available properties to five: Jim Durrell Centre, Tom Brown Arena, Richelieu Vanier Community Centre, St. Laurent Complex and Earl Armstrong Arena/Splash Wave Pool.
That means the city will no longer be offering camping at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex, Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex, Goulbourn Recreation Complex, Kanata Leisure Centre and Wave Pool, Nepean Sportsplex and Cumberland Village Heritage Museum.
Council told staff to make sure the costs of the urban camping program are recovered, which means the program needs to pay for itself. It was clearly difficult to meet that demand with the number of reservations booked so far.
Chernier tells council that the city will reassess the number of camping locations if registration numbers change significantly by the end of the booking period.
Information about the Canada Day camping can be found on the city’s website.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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