Board of trade unveils new website to track progress on downtown action plan
Marissa Galko, OBJ
August 20, 2025
A new online portal was unveiled today that will track the progress of Ottawa’s downtown revitalization plan and allow for better transparency, the head of the Ottawa Board of Trade says.
In May 2024, the board of trade launched its Downtown Ottawa Action Agenda, which detailed 60 steps needed to bring new life to the city’s downtown core by 2034. The plan described four main outcomes needed to make the downtown desirable: creating “affordable, walking, amenity-rich communities;” investing in infrastructure, public realm and placemaking; increasing employment and diversifying the economy; and making the area inclusive by ensuring safety.
Board of trade president and CEO Sueling Ching told OBJ last month that the
new online tracking system will create transparency.
“We agreed to continue to work with community partners in order to shepherd the plan. Part of the strategy for us is to build confidence in the downtown, attract visitors, residents and entrepreneurs to the downtown. We have to make sure that we’re providing a good and accurate sense of what’s going on,” she said.
“We are tracking the 60-plus steps in the plan, looking for opportunities to synergize those mandates and we’re getting ready to report back on that through the online portal on the website.”
The portal will track the progress of the agenda’s four main outcomes, Ching said, as well as poll residents about the downtown and allow them to share good news stories.
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