Category: Growth

To read and hear about plans for downtown intensification is great, bringing more residents into the downtown core is a good thing. So in principle, I am in favor of the downtown secondary plan, however, I have serious concerns about the height that is proposed for several sites especially where 18 stories will be permitted. […]

Re.: Amendment of Zoning Bylaw for the 18 + 2 stories Condo Tower. Although I am supportive of the ‘Downtown Secondary Plan’ and I agree with the need for more people to move into the downtown area, I have serious concerns about the proposed height of the 18 + 2 stories Condo Tower. The approval […]

I wish to express my concern over the potential building heights that may be allowed under the proposed downtown secondary plan. I have 2 homes in Ward 1, have lived here for 20 years and value the historical and community feel of Guelph. I am not concerned about mostaspects of the porposed plan. I encourage […]

To read and hear about plans for downtown intensification is great, bringing more residents into the downtown core is a good thing. So in principle, I am in favor of the downtown secondary plan, however, I have serious concerns about the height that is proposed for several sites especially where 18 stories will be permitted. […]

Recently members of the Allan’s Mill Pond Neighbourhood group met to discuss and come to a position on the Downtown Secondary Plan. After much discussion our neighbourhood group wishes to convey to you that: • we are supportive of the goals of the downtown secondary plan in principle • we have serious concerns about some […]

To read and hear about plans for downtown intensification is great, bringing more residents into the downtown core is a good thing. So in principle, I am in favor of the downtown secondary plan, however, I have serious concerns about the height that is proposed for several sites especially where 18 stories will be permitted. […]

Please accept this letter as a show of support for maintaining by-laws that uniformly restrict height in the downtown core to a measurement no higher than the Cathedral. Many people regard low building heights as an important part of both our cultural heritage and our civic identity and wish to have this preserved and protected. […]

One of the best pieces of advice I received upon my entering City politics was to never leave my constituency. In my view the current proposals for very tall bldgs are totally out of a context to whati ts citizens enjoy I wish that council would think long -term instead of application by application MM

Think of the most beautiful cities in the world – Paris, Rome, Istanbul – and then picture high rises in their downtown core. Is that really what you want to do in Guelph – spoil a uniquely beautiful downtown with high rise development? Yes, there is a need for development in the downtown area, but […]

Note: This is the 3,000th posting to the Ward 2 Blog. I am writing today to express my concerns over the proposed building heights for our heritage downtown. Surely a peek at once was downtown Guelph and what now is will make clear the folly in letting modern architecture projects preside over our priceless heritage […]