I have been thinking about the location for a new Main Library and would like to offer a few comments. The current building could be a good place for the Civic Museum. It would probably need a minimal amount of renovation, has parking and the building could probably accommodate other volunteer community organizations.
Category: Parking that car
Parking Concerns – Emma Street
Please be advised that due to recent concerns regarding vehicles parking along the south side of Emma Street across from residences 52 to 68 making it difficult to exit from these residential driveways, City staff have conducted a review of the existing on-street parking restrictions on Emma Street. As a result of this review, staff […]
2 hr parking
Has anybody talked to you about the free meter parking? I think it’s great. Mostly. Could the duration of the prohibition on each car be reduced to maybe 2 or 3 hours after the 2 free? This would surely still catch all the laggards, but allow a second visit, or different family member in the […]
2 Hour Free Parking discriminates against 1 car families
We’re a 4-member, single-car family, with both parents working. We’ve chosen to live close to where we work, have one car, and bike, carpool, walk or take the bus for all our other transportation needs. We live downtown. We shop downtown. We have 2 small children. Any parent will tell you that the juggling of […]
Downtown 2hr free parking feedback
I wanted to let you know that customer feed back about the 2 hour parking has been amazing. Business has definatly picked up. Lots of new people commng through the store. VW
2hr free parking feedback
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate my customers having the opportunity to park for free for 2 hours. The feedback has been VERY positive. Many customers are so much more relaxed when shopping and as a result I am sure I have already seen an improvement in sales. Some are under the […]
Councillors Straddle Conflicts of Interest
The following article appeared in the September 11 edition of the Guelph Tribune: At least a couple of Guelph’s new city councillors are finding the city hall terrain to be tricky when it comes to conflict-of-interest concerns. Ward 2 councillor Ian Findlay, a longtime downtown business owner, and Ward 4 councillor Mike Salisbury, whose wife […]
City offers downtown-goers free parking
Beginning September 8th, parking is free for a maximum of two hours once per day, Monday through Saturday, between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at on-street metered spots in the downtown core. The initiative is a one-year pilot, intended in part to draw more people into Guelph’s downtown core.
Free Two-Hour Parking Sees Lukewarm Approval
The following article appeared in the June 29 edition of the Guelph Tribune: A 12-month test of free two-hour parking on downtown streets is happening in the face of striking skepticism from four city councillors who changed their votes on the issue this week. “I am almost 100 per cent certain it will fail,” Coun. […]
Parking Abusers Will Be Tracked
The following article appeared in the June 29 edition of the Guelph Tribune. Hand-held computer devices are expected to come in very handy when it comes to enforcing the free two-hour parking on downtown streets approved by city council this week. The devices will be vital in fighting abuses of the new meterless system that’s […]