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Nominate a Community Legend today!

The City of Oshawa is now accepting nominations from individuals, groups, and organizations that have positively touched our community for the Community Legend Award.

The Community Legend Award recognizes a person of any age or an organization or a group who has:

• made a significant contribution to an activity, sport or community initiative as a volunteer;
• contributed to improving the quality of life of the Oshawa community; and/or,
• made a significant impact on the Oshawa community at a grassroots...

Oshawa Named a Green Building Champion

In November, the Durham Greener Buildings program held its annual Evening of Recognition, celebrating buildings in Durham Region that perform exceptionally well in energy efficiency.

The City of Oshawa received two awards:

Best Energy Performing Fire Station (Large) Award — City of Oshawa’s Fire Hall 1

The Award is based on the fire station with the lowest energy usage when compared against building size.

In 2023, Fire Hall 1 underwent significant modifications to the building exterior and the...

Track the future: Oshawa’s new dashboard measures progress on strategic goals

The City of Oshawa has launched an online dashboard to track the progress on goals outlined in our new Strategic Plan.

Approved by Council in June, the Oshawa Strategic Plan 2024 – 2027: Innovate. Belong. Care. Lead. is the City’s highest policy document. The Plan identifies a vision for the long-term future, refines the City’s corporate mission and sets out a series of priority areas, goals and actions to move towards the vision.

The new dashboard tracks 28 performance metrics and helps us measure...

Rose Valley Community Park Construction Milestones

Construction is progressing on Rose Valley Community Park, located at 1095 Thornton Rd. North, north of Rossland Road and south of Taunton Road.

The new pickle ball courts and the installation of two playground areas are now complete. Construction of the bike tracks, shade structures and formal garden are ongoing, with majority of the hard surfaces finished. The installation of the park washroom building, operations storage building, a new pedestrian crosswalk on Thornton Road, and landscape...