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 […]
Category: Heritage
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 […]
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 […]
You take a library from the bottom
The following article appeared in the January 5 edition of the Guelph Mercury: It’s like an elaborate game, perhaps of dominoes, or maybe Jenga — how do you take a block from the bottom and put it on top without the entire structure collapsing? A couple of rounds of meetings have already happened, and there’s […]
The branding of Guelph: Part 3, City in a festive mood
The following article appeared in the December 14 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Tourism services looking to develop additional events Ribfest and Hillside may be getting some company. That’s because the city is eyeing a new festival for the Royal City as a means of attracting tourism. There’s no money earmarked for the initiative yet, […]
Library, museum and parking structure
I have been thinking about the location for a new Main Library and would like to offer a few comments. The current building could be a good place for the Civic Museum. It would probably need a minimal amount of renovation, has parking and the building could probably accommodate other volunteer community organizations.
New look for the Gummer/Victoria Buildings
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
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 […]
Staff recognition
I am very impressed at how easy Guelph has made accessing tender information and documentation. Your no fee, no hassle online access approach has been a pleasure to navigate! Guelph has the least complicated, most user friendly municipal tender environment I have experienced to date! Please keep up the good work. We will continue to […]
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 […]