Following the Good Friday fire in the Gummer Building and former Victoria Hotel, the City of Guelph has partnered with Skyline, the building’s owners to rebuild the structure while maintaining the front facades. To get a visual sense of the proposed rebuild, click on the link below: The new Gummer Building and Victoria Hotel
Category: Going Downtown
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 […]
Baker Street ideal site for library
The following article appeared in the November 3 edition of the Guelph Mercury: At least one city councillor plans to abstain from next week’s vote. A city councillor says due to a perceived conflict of interest he will abstain from voting on whether a new main library branch should be built on the site of […]
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 […]
Expensive gaffe draws little reaction
The following opinion was offered in the October 19 edition of the Guelph Mercury: City councillors missed an opportunity this week for a wonderful debate. They could have kicked the tires on whether it is appropriate to give a big bag of public money to private property owners, for example. They might have discussed the […]
Council restores faith downtown
The following editorial appeared in the October 17 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Council has moved wisely and relatively quickly in approving heritage funding for two landmark buildings in the city core ravaged by a devastating Good Friday fire. It’s clear the current proposal to turn the Gummer and Victoria buildings into one commercial complex […]
Council unwittingly approved cash
The following article appeared in the October 17 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Councillors approved a $1.3-million investment Monday night without realizing it. The cash was to redevelop two burnt-out downtown buildings. The funding package, earmarked for protecting heritage elements of the Gummer and Victoria buildings, passed without discussion because most, if not all councillors […]
Community Arts Centre Downtown anyone?
MEETING: A Guelph Community Arts Centre? *Do we need one? *Should it be downtown? *Do we need a space for fringe work to occur? *Do we need an affordable space to create, teach, rehearse, and perform/present art? *Do we need a place for artists from all areas of the arts to network and work with […]
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 […]