Category: Going Downtown

We need you to know that we are in support of changing the light sequence in downtown Guelph to encourage traffic in the downtown area. We have been meeting with other downtown business owners and most of us have the same feeling. More traffic in the downtown area is a must…..not a bypass around the […]

I co-own a bicycle store in downtown Guelph and have been attending meetings hosted by Lorenz Calcagno concerning impediments to traffic, and customers, in our downtown core. I have been very interested in the ideas that he has proposed and I have been hoping that as a community (downtown business owners) we would have the […]

For more than 80 years Budd Stores has been an intregal part of Downtown Guelph. We have always made our best efforts to project a positive image in our downtown while maintaining a viable business, so that our staff would have secure employment and the people of Guelph would enjoy visiting our downtown and our store.

I have owned and operated Wild Rose Consignment Clothing store since 1992. I have seen many changes in the past 18 years of business. I have heard many opinions from our customers concerning our downtown, both positive and negative. Since 2 hour free parking has come into affect It has been such a relief not […]

The following editorial appeared in the December 4 edition of the Guelph Mercury: After the test drive, the City of Guelph looks set to park its pissoir period. We can’t say we’re disappointed – though we wonder where and whether the used plastic urinals will turn up next. How do you market a used pissoir […]

I re-iterate my strong support for the decision made by this council to provide 2 hour free on-street parking in the downtown. This decision has been very popular with the entire city. A survey conducted by the city last year indicated overwhelming support for this initiative. Not only was it popular, but a significant number […]

The following article appeared in the December 3 edition of the Guelph Mercury: They did what they were supposed to do, but pissoirs appear to have no future in downtown Guelph. Instead the city is looking at providing permanent public washroom facilities at several locations, most notably the planned new transit hub and the skating […]

I read in the paper this morning that you feel more traffic downtown will be good for business. I beg to differ with you. As a 67 year resident of this city I remember well when we had retailers by the score on the main street. Of course those days are gone thanks to malls […]

The following letter to the editor appeared in the November 21 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Contrary to Lorenz Calcagno’s comments that a number of changes to existing patterns would create more traffic in Guelph’s downtown core, I am convinced that reducing traffic in Guelph’s downtown core is something that we should be striving for. If the City of Guelph […]

As you may have heard I have been chairing a project called Returning to Main Street – Busyness Means Business. We have held 18 targeted stakeholder meetings and two public meetings. The meetings were advertised via posters, fliers, emails and through the Guelph Tribune. The project is solely intended on making our downtown a place […]