What will it take for Ottawa to break out of its mold of complacency?

Check out my guest post on Designing Ottawa and let me know what you think!

Here's the deal : The Laurentian high school site was up for grabs not too long ago.

An agreement has recently been reached, the site will probably end up looking like this:

Photo : SmartCenter Commercial development in Montreal, QC

... when it could have looked more like this:

Photo : Médiacité, alternative commercial development in Liège, Belgium

I think spending less time finding excuses and more time finding solutions would be a big step. What do you think? More details on Designing Ottawa blog.