Staff memo. Please find attached the Public Information Notice for the undertaking of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for the Stevenson Street, Eramosa Road, Cassino Avenue, William Street, Elizabeth Street and Green Meadows Park Area Flood Protection. The City is holding a Public Information Centre (PIC) to present information and to receive input regarding this study. […]
Category: Public Input
Wilson Farmhouse community consultation
Click here to take survey 650 of these postcards will be hand delivered this weekend in the immediate neighbourhood of the Wilson Farm Park. We will welcome all members of the community to attend. This is not a City of Guelph sponsored event.
Speedvale improvements
A resident’s comments. We were there early and talked Ian and staff. I support the Emma Str. bike lanes as well that said it doesn’t address the issues that cyclists living on Speedvale will have getting to Emma Street. That distance may only be a block or two but it will be an unsafe block […]
City and University co-host first hackathon
For the first time ever, the City and University of Guelph are co-hosting—for the first time—a community hackathon in celebration of the internationally-recognized Open Data Day on February 22. The hackathon is designed for students, local application developers and interested community members to use City data to create innovative mobile and web-based applications and tools […]
Exciting events on Open Government
Memo from excited staff member. I wanted to highlight a few exciting events on Open Government. We are leading the way in being more accessible, quicker in our response times, more open to sharing information and engaging residents in the work of their local government. We aren’t just developing an Open Government Action Plan for […]
Speedvale Ave. Reconstruction EA
Reminder notice about tonight’s meeting. The Speedvale Avenue reconstruction public information meeting is taking place on Feb 13 between 6:00 and 8:00 pm at Parkview Church, 89 Speedvale Ave E. This is the first meeting where comments can be made on potential reconstruction and expropriation. This meeting will also address the bike lanes and safe […]
City’s data catalogue now open
Today the City released its first six datasets on guelph.ca/opendata for public use. The datasets, or collections of raw, electronic information currently include Guelph Transit bus stops; municipal election polling stations and subdivisions; Guelph’s ward boundaries; and recreation program information. Later this week, an additional six datasets will be added to the catalogue. “As we […]
Do you have a question or comment for the Mayor?
From the Guelph Civic League. At the Guelph Civic League, we believe in facilitating citizen access to political institutions. There’s a few ways we’re trying to do that: • We’re inviting all council candidates to share why they’re running on our website; • We hope to hold a citizen-led mayoral debate where all questions come […]
Ward 2: The Deuce 2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 67,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Madison Square Garden, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people […]
Open letter from the GCL
From the Guelph Civic League. Open Letter: Can one passionate person make a difference? Do you think Guelph is the kind of city where a passionate person can make a difference in the lives of their loved ones, friends or neighbours? The new Guelph Civic League does, too. We believe that Guelph is a special […]