Redwood, Ottawa

Coordinates: 45°20′40″N 75°47′37″W / 45.344545°N 75.793476°W / 45.344545; -75.793476

Redwood is a neighbourhood located in Ottawa's west end. The boundaries of the neighbourhood is Greenbank Road to the east, Baseline Road to the south, Morrison Drive (old Ottawa-Nepean border line) to the west and Highway 417 to the north.

Its sister neighbourhoods are Qualicum, Leslie Park, and Queensway Terrace.

Residential areas and community housing

The majority of residents live in apartments and townhouses located on the east and west ends of the neighbourhood. Detached homes are closer to west side along Morrison Drive.

The development in the area started in the 1960s and continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s. There are many strips of townhouses on Baseline Road and Draper Avenue. Draper Avenue also runs into the Qualicum community.

A community housing project called Morrison Gardens is located between Morrison, Draper, Lisa and Greenbank.^[1] The neighbourhood is known for crime due to street gangs mainly at Morrison and Draper. There is a diverse population of Somalis, Latinos and Arabs.

There are two high-rise condominiums called the Redwoods Retirement Residence^[2] (bounded by Lisa, Draper and Greenbank) and Saxton and Birmingham Private which were built in the 1980s.

Education

There are two schools in the area with both located next to each other on Draper Avenue:

• St.Paul's High School (Ottawa Catholic School Board 1999)-formerly Sir John A. MacDonald High School (which closed in 1987) and then used as Champlain Elementary School and Collège catholique Franco-Ouest by the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
• Grant Alternative School (Ottawa-Carleton District School Board) - home of 120 elementary students (Kindergarten to Grade 6) that began in 1991 and moved to current site in 2007 from 2720 Richmond Road.^[3] The building was formerly Christie Public School from 1969 to 2007

Recreation

Redwood is also home to two city parks:

• Morrison Park - a large sports-oriented park (2 soccer fields, track, basketball courts and baseball diamond) and shared with St. Paul's High School
• Lisa Park - a parkette with playground and outdoor wadding pool

Economy

Commercial area is located along north side of Morrison Drive parallel to Highway 417. There is business park which is home to Lee Valley Tools (2 locations, one as retail store), private college Everest College, Trane, Vertias, Legere, Starr Gymnastics and Fitness and many small offices and businesses.

References

	Bruce Farm	Foster Farm
	Qualicum, Ottawa		Queensway Terrace South
		Redwood, Ottawa
		Leslie Park