Miranda Gray
mirgray.bsky.social
Miranda Gray
@mirgray.bsky.social
Ottawa Canada tweets; inclusive, smart city, data driven, transit, aunt, @BB4Radio podcast fan, she / her
Mastodon: @Mirgray@mstdn.ca
Living on unceded Algonquin Land, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Reposted by Miranda Gray
In collaboration with community partners, we hosted seven Tree Giveaways this fall, increasing tree canopy on private land, and bringing all the benefits of trees to Ottawa neighbourhoods.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
More that they never do anything but drive and park very close.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wow, that is a great "backstory"!
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I thought you guys had this debate about 4 years ago.
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Well, now you've passed the earworm to me, you should now be free!
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Reposted by Miranda Gray
Go to them and say “this is the as of right dev potential of your land” in sq ft and units. “And this is the property tax you’d be paying on it.” And give them a year to get going. Year three: charge 10% of those taxes. 20% next year and so on. Within a few years they’re either paying taxes w/no 2/
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reposted by Miranda Gray
Lots of private urban parking lots shouldn't exist either if we had an appropriate tax in place. It's crazy that almost every block in Centretown has a privately owned surface lot.

With the cost of land and the housing shortage there should be a massive rush to replace them with homes!
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I suspect many non US progressives have muted words dominating US politics. It's mental health self care
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bluesky until very recently didn't have notifications. It was better for broadcast than dialogue. The lopping off of those in a thread also discouraged dialogue.
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reposted by Miranda Gray
COVID-19 and flu vaccines are now available to everyone in Ontario aged six months and older. The vaccines are free and are available from your primary care provider, pharmacist, or community clinics run by @ottawapublichealth.ca
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Part of the fix is to agree Kanata to Parliament will not be one LRT. We don't have to use the same tools everywhere.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Oxymoron alert! Lol
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Whimsy. Ottawa lacks whimsy.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM