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Dickinson Square

Manotick Mill Quarter Map

Dickinson Square has been an important part of Manotick since its creation in the late 1800s.  Thanks to lobbying from several community organizations, the City of Ottawa purchased 4 heritage buildings in the Square (Dickinson House and its Carriage House, The Weaver’s House and the Ayers Building) plus two adjacent properties on Clapp Street in 2008.  The buildings and properties are now owned by the Manotick Mill Quarter Community Development Corporation (MMQCDC), a non-profit corporation of the City of Ottawa that has a mandate to return the purchase price back to the City.

Dickinson Square Heritage Management Inc. (DSHMI) is a coalition of community organizations who regularly use the Square.  As a member of DSHMI, the MVCA has raised concerns regarding the future development of the Square and the need for a four-season cultural facility to both expand the village’s current recreational infrastructure and provide an ongoing revenue stream to support the heritage activities surrounding the Mill and Dickinson House.
Both DSHMI and the MVCA have held ‘visioning sessions” to discuss the future of Dickinson Square:

• DSHMI held a session for their member organizations representatives and their alternates on April 9, 2011.  The resulting Vision Statement available here for your information.
• As part of our May 31, 29011 AGM, a facilitated Visioning Exercise on the Future of Dickinson Square.  Participants were asked to describe what a viable Dickinson Square looked like in 2016 (five years hence) and what made this possible.  The "As-it-Was-Heard" report from this session is available here and the MVCA Visioning Exercise Report is available here.

While both sessions arrived at similar conclusions, there were some important differences between the DSHMI Statement and the MVCA Report.  We encourage you to read both documents.
We will try our best to provide you with the latest information on this issue.  If you have any questions, please contact Ted Ross at communications@manotickvca.org.