The 6th annual art exhibition & sale hits Quebec Street in Downtown Guelph, Saturday July 19th from 11am until 5 pm. At the height of the summer, the Downtown Guelph Business Association is pleased to bring artistic ingenuity and vibrancy to downtown Guelph. art on the street comes to this beautiful historic venue on Saturday […]
The following is a list of building requirements for the proposed Wilson St. parking garage, as established by staff for Council’s review. Of note is the inclusion of public washrooms, bike lock ups and that the building is to be LEEDs certified. – 500 space LEED silver parking garage – Level floor plate at the […]
I’d like to offer some input for the budgetting process. There are a lot of controversial and important projects being proposed and I’d like to see the triple-bottom-line approach taken to all of them. First, what I support: – The convent as a museum. Congrats on the success here. – A new library. – A […]
I read with interest the article in today’s Mercury about the concerns of business owners in properties which could be appropriated by the City. Long-time businesses form part of the culture and fabric of our City. The art store, in particular, is a tremendous resource in this community. I would be concerned to lose its […]
Help plan the new Baker Street Central Library and surrounding uses Council has directed staff to seek a private sector partner to provide Guelph with a new Central Public Library, public parking, residential and other uses for the Baker Street lot area. The public is invited to examine and comment on a variety of options […]
The following article appeared in the May 2 edition of the Guelph Tribune: City council has decided to embrace a “co-operative” approach to late-night downtown problems, rather than trying to pass extra policing and cleanup costs onto bars and restaurants that stay open after midnight. This means extra costs estimated at about $174,000 annually – […]
The following article appeared in the April 30 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Downtown bar owners won’t be paying increased fees to the city anytime soon, although a city council motion that narrowly failed this week wanted to explore doing just that. Instead, council approved a staff recommendation to continue working with downtown stakeholders, including […]
The following article appeared in the April 18 edition of the Gueph Mercury: There’s nothing the city can do to compensate downtown merchants when their property is damaged by rowdy patrons of downtown bars. A bar-stool tax wouldn’t help, Mayor Karen Farbridge said yesterday, since the city’s hands are tied when it comes to using […]
Congratulations on the outstanding success of your free parking pilot in the downtown core. The recent Oracle survey results are crystal clear: your constituents are in support of free on street parking in the downtown, and perhaps more importantly, free parking has resulted in a marked positive change in consumer behaviour in support of the […]
I would like to express my dismay at your decisions re downtown parking. I cannot believe you are planning to have 1000 parking spaces in downtown Guelph. Organize little electric buses to bring people downtown. Other cities are closing their downtown to cars (in enlightened countries, not in the U.S.) and you are planning to […]