Redwood, Ottawa
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 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.
The Qualicum Woods housing development was retrofitted and refurbished over the past several years with hundreds of row houses improving the aesthetic of the area.
The Qualicum Woods Crossing condominium project is also underway with one building completed and the others underway. The City of Ottawa recently published an amendment request to the building plan with an addition of a medical clinic/hospital.
Project area for community housing is at the corner of Greenbank and Morrison Drive called Morrison Gardens.
There are two high-rises one rental called Greenbank Towers and one condo called the Redwoods Retirement Residence 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 High School -formerly Sir John A. MacDonald High School and then used as Champlain Elementary School and Collège catholique Franco-Ouest by the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
- Grant Alternative School - was the home of 120 elementary students in 2007 from 2720 Richmond Road. The school closed in June 2017 and is now empty. The building was formerly Christie Public School from 1969 to 2007.