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New handle for Besserer Park

Sandy Hill’s Besserer Park (at the east end of the street) has been renamed Herbert and Estelle Brown Park, in honour of two of the first Black business owners in Ottawa, known for giving African and Caribbean immigrants a good start in Canada with jobs at their Browns Cleaners business.

Pictured above, left to right: Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Councillor Rawlson King, Rideau-Vanier Councillor Stéphanie Plante, June Girvan from Black History Ottawa, Albert Bedward, grandson of Herbert Brown, and his wife Catherine Morisset, with the new sign to be installed soon.
Photo Alan Neeff