The following article appeared in the June 10 edition of the Guelph Mercury: As the sun sets on the Royal City, the spires of Church of Our Lady cast a long eastward shadow down Macdonell Street toward the heart of the entertainment district. It’s May and the students are gone — leaving the city in […]
Category: Going Downtown
Making downtown Guelph safer at night
Recently I read a short article in Foodservice and Hospitality’s “What’s On Report” about how Vancouver has worked with downtown hotels, clubs, restaurants and bars, office buildings and major shopping centres for a 40 per cent reduction in property crime since 2004. I thought you might be interested. The article is the 6th one down. […]
Thank you!!
Ian, June, Karl and Vicki, I’m sorry that I didn’t get a chance to speak with you each before the end of tonight’s event to thank you in person, but I wanted to say how grateful I am that you were willing to come out tonight and give your time to our River Run volunteer […]
New downtown plan
I’m a little disturbed by the new downtown plan you’ve posted on the Guelph city website. Mostly disturbed by plans to repeat some of the grievous mistakes that have ruined neighbourhoods and areas in previous plans. My foremost concern is the former Woods site. The plans for huge towers will ruin one of our best […]
Guelph program offers money to downtown building owners
The following article appeared in the April 5 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The City of Guelph is close to moving ahead with a plan to provide up to $100,000 so downtown building owners can improve the exterior appearance of their buildings. A public meeting is set for Tuesday at City Hall where council will […]
Downtown Brantford
For those of you involved in preserving, rebuilding or rethinking your downtowns, you may be interested in being updated on what is happening in downtown Brantford. For decades the downtown core has been debated and studied. Varying developments have been proposed, some realized, yet the core has, probably forever, lost the designation as the city’s […]
Council OKs changes to downtown traffic signal
The following article appeared in the December 10 edition of the Guelph Mercury: A contentious downtown traffic signal is about to become slightly less frustrating. City councillors this week voted to endorse changes to the signals at St. George’s Square, which will shorten the wait time for motorists trying to negotiate the intersections and allow […]
Downtown 2 Hour Parking Program
I am writing to you this morning to share my thoughts on what I believe is a very important issue facing council in it’s budget deliberations. The 2 hour free parking that has been in effect for the last year or so is an excellant program that has benefitted all downtown merchants.
Downtown Guelph vitality
I would like to voice my concern that the two hour free parking, recently instituted on downtown streets, may end due to the current budget short falls. The “two hour free parking” has been a positive boost for downtown; customers love it and as a store owner and stake holder in downtown Guelph for 28 […]
2010 Budget Presentation
As I’m unable to present to Council, I’m sending this email instead. You have difficult choices to make with the budget – I hope this letter might be of some help. As we know, the City Budget is going to be short millions this year. Just to maintain the same services, taxes will need to […]