City Council has decided a complaint regarding the City’s Development Charge By-law in favour of a property owner/developer. Under the Development Charges Act, 1997, a person required to pay a development charge may complain to the municipality imposing the development charge that the amount of the charge was incorrectly determined or there was an error […]
Category: Growth
Public Forum on Mid-Rise Development
Mark your calendars for 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 26th! You won’t want to miss our upcoming ‘Public Forum on Mid-Rise Development’, which we are co-hosting with the Guelph-Wellington chapter of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, and Heritage Guelph. The traditional character of Guelph does not have to be lost, even through a period of […]
Update from MAYFIELD PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION RE: PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT 716 GORDON STREET
I am writing on behalf of the Mayfield Park Community Association to bring you up to date on the developments during the facilitated meetings, to keep you aware of our position in relation to the proposal and inform you of our serious efforts of community involvement in relation to the above referenced matter. Representatives of […]
Guelph welcomes Würth Canada to the Hanlon Creek Business Park
Würth Canada Limited announced today its plan to relocate and expand its head office and distribution facility in Guelph. Würth is purchasing a 5.14 hectare (12.7 acre) city-owned site in the Hanlon Creek Business Park to initially construct a new 11,047 sq. m. (118,915 sq. ft.) office and distribution building. The facility will employ more […]
Jobless rate lowest in Canada
The following article appeared in the September 15 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Guelph has the lowest unemployment rate of any city in the country, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. Numbers released by StatsCan this month indicate the seasonally adjusted three-month moving average unemployment rate for the city was 4.7 per cent […]
Residents to be surveyed on farmhouse future
The following article appeared in the September 13 edition of the Guelph Tribune: City hall plans to survey residents of a north end subdivision this month about their views on the future of an old farmhouse and a not-yet-developed neighbourhood park located in the area of the farmhouse property. The survey follows a city council decision in […]
Proposed residential development downtown
I am writing in regards to the proposed new developments on the former Co-Operator’s daycare property. As you know, there are plans to erect a condominium tower of as much as 18-storeys on this lot, creating what has been described as a “gateway to downtown”. Far from being a gateway, I believe that a building […]
Biltmore Hats Factory
I have been following with interest the newspaper articles regarding the old Biltmore Hats factory on York Road and Morris Street. I was raised just above the tracks in the Ward and know all that area very well. Personally I think it is an eye sore but that is of course my personal opinion. It […]
Heritage designation for farmhouse – for now
The following article appeared in the Aug 2 edition of the Guelph Tribune: The city plans to take another look at the future of an old farmhouse in a north end subdivision, but it hasn’t altered its plans to preserve the farmhouse by designating it under the Ontario Heritage Act. Some nearby residents want to […]
Councillors agree to revisit position on Wilson farmhouse
The following article appeared in the July 26 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Two out of three ain’t bad. Coun. Andy Van Hellemond was able to convince his city council colleagues Monday night to revisit two earlier votes, including one which would have seen a historic north-end farmhouse placed for sale on the open market. […]