Greenboro Community Centre to be officially renamed to honour the late Diane Deans

OTTAWA, October 22, 2024 – A special commemorative ceremony for the official renaming of the Greenboro Community Centre in honour of the late Diane Deans will take place on on Wednesday, October 23. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Gloucester-Southgate Councillor, Jessica Bradley, and the Deans family will take part in this official renaming of the Greenboro Community Centre in honour of the late Diane Deans, who passed away earlier this year.

Diane Deans

Diane Deans was born and raised in Caledon, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Guelph and later moved to Ottawa, where she worked as a staff member on Parliament Hill before entering municipal politics. She was first elected to the former Southgate Ward in 1994 and represented the post-amalgamation Gloucester-Southgate Ward until 2022. As a City Councillor, she chaired several high-profile committees including the Community and Protective Services Committee, the Transit Commission and was the first woman to chair the Ottawa Police Services Board.

Diane Deans was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2019. Her battle was tough, but she fought the disease with the same passion, tenacity and fearless spirit that she brought to her work as a City Councillor for nearly 30 years.

This past May, City Council unanimously approved a motion to rename the Greenboro Community Centre to the Diane Deans Greenboro Community Centre.

Diane Deans Greenboro Community Centre

Located in the heart of the Greenboro/South Keys district, the Greenboro Community Centre offers a wide variety of recreation programs for all ages, stages and interests. The centre features a state of the art fitness studio, cardio and weight room, group cycling studio, dance and yoga studio, a full sized gymnasium ideal for sports and a variety of multi-purpose rooms. Within the newly renamed Diane Deans Greenboro Community Centre you will also find the Greenboro District Library. Additionally, just across Lorry Greenberg Drive, there are public outdoor tennis courts and walking trails. Here you will also find a large park with walking trails, sports fields, an amazing play structure, and wading pool. Greenboro Community Centre.