Very well maintained FULLY FURNISHED, ALL INCLUSIVE 2 storey, 3 bedroom home with many upgrades. Centrally located in a well established, family oriented neighbourhood. Close to transportation and within walking distance to Carlingwood Mall. Completely Turn Key: landlord to pay all utilities including phone and internet usage. 6 appliances included.
Nepean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepean,_Ontario
Nepean (pronounced /nəˈpiːən/) was a city / local municipality adjacent to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada until it was amalgamated with the 10 other municipalities that formed the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in 2001, to become the new city of Ottawa. However, the name “Nepean” continues in common usage in reference to the area. The population of Nepean is about 150,000 people.
Although the neighbouring municipality of Kanata formed the entrepreneurial and high tech center of the region, Nepean hosted noted industries such as Nortel Networks, JDS Uniphase and Gandalf Technologies. As with the rest of the National Capital Region, however, Nepean’s economy was also heavily dependent on federal government employment.
Nepean’s policies of operational and capital budgeting prudence contrasted with the budget philosophies of some other municipalities in the area. Nepean instituted a strict ‘pay-as-you-go’ budgeting scheme. The city entered amalgamation with a large surplus and a record of tax restraint. However, most big-ticket municipal infrastructure items (transit, garbage collection, sanitary sewers, water, arterial roads, police, social services) were the responsibility of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, not the former City of Nepean.
Prior to amalgamation, Nepean’s City Council spent many tax dollars aggressively campaigning against what they (and their allies) referred to as the “megacity” model. The central plank of the strategy was to promote a tri-city model, which would have seen the 10 municipalities of the Ottawa region reduced to three: one in the west (comprising Nepean, Kanata and the western rural municipalities), one in the east (comprising Gloucester, Cumberland and the eastern rural municipalities) and one in the center (comprising Ottawa, Vanier and Rockcliffe Park). These efforts were in vain, as the one-city model eventually prevailed (The one-city model was recommended by Glen Shortliffe, who was appointed by the Government of Ontario to study the issue of municipal reform in Ottawa-Carleton.)
