As some of you know, this will be the 6th year for The World’s Longest Barbecue – Canada Day 2! This year it will occur on Aug 2 at 6 p.m. and again I’ll be challenging Canadians to head to their grills to BBQ Canadian food and quaff Canadian beverages – usually of the frosty […]
Category: Having fun
Branding of Guelph: Part 4 Guelph could do with new festivals
The following editorial appeared in the December 17 edition of the Guelph Mercury: If we followed Daniel O’Keefe’s lead, a surprising number of us would be counting down the days to Festivus. The Reader’s Digest writer and editor invented the mock holiday, slated for yearly celebration on Dec. 23, that features the “Feats of Strength” […]
Priority Setting Process Questions and Answers
Q. How did you arrive at this list of priorities? A. The list of priorities was derived from an open review of over 200 existing, pending and new project priorities which account for approximately 10-20% of the city’s resources and capacity. The two review meetings took place in the fall. Meeting 1: October 19, 2007 […]
Ward 2 Town Hall Meeting Update
Councillor Beard and myself would like to thank all of those who attended our first Ward 2 Town Hall meeting. It was a great success with approximately 80 people in attendance. We would also like to thank our valued staff for their participation. Martin Lavictoire and Wayne Galliher presented an overview on Guelph’s water conservation […]
Eastview park to be ‘one of a kind’
The following article appeared in the January 8 edition of the Guelph Tribune: City hall is looking at creating a “one-of-a-kind” park for pollinators – including bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and moths – as part of its plans for turning the former Eastview landfill site into a big community park. “It’s going to be one of […]
A change of scenery
The following editorial appeared in the January 8 edition of the Guelph Tribune: The community park proposed for the former Eastview landfill site seems to be a wonderful project, one to rival other local parks in recreational opportunities. And if council says OK and funding can be found, part of the 200-acre site will end […]
Guelph Nightlife Task Force
Much talk has been made of Guelph’s late night entertainment scene and it’s associated problems. Concern has been raised over excessive litter and debris(mainly fast food containers), noise, vandalism (broken store front windows) and occasional violence. The stick: A motion (moved by myself) passed at the Finance and Corporate Services Committee (FACS) directing staff to […]
DC’s and the South End Recreational Centre
There is a growing and very vocal number of residents living in the south end of Guelph advocating for a new recreational centre to be built as soon as possible. Currently, the City of Guelph has in it’s capital budget, construction of a new south end rec centre sometime in 2014. The projected cost of the rec centre […]
ENPG January Events
Family Gym Night Friday, January 18th, 2008 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at GCVI at 155 Paisley Road (enter through Yorkshire St. entrance. This event will take place the second Friday of every month and is a fun night for parents and children of all ages to join in activities like basketball, floor hockey etc. […]
Guelph needs a recreation master plan designed for today’s pressures
The following Guelph Mercury editorial was forwarded to Councillors by Randy Norris: I remember my parents telling me that time speeds up as Father Time gets older. I much prefer being called mature compared to what my teenagers could call me. It allows me to retain some resemblance of dignity since I’m on the dark side of […]