As a result of calls from the media, staff have been made aware that Clubhouse Donuts at the corner of Speedvale Ave. E. and Victoria Road, have made statements to the media to the effect that the City has closed their business down. They have also posted signs to this effect outside the business. This […]
Category: Retail
Tony Leighton writes on the first 6 months of this Council
The following editorial appeared in the May 12th edition of the Guelph Mercury. We appear to have voted in real leaders this time It’s time for some shameless cheerleading. Lots of people think one government is pretty much like any other, and voting doesn’t matter much. Guelph’s new city council has already proven them wrong. […]
New Tim Hortons at Woodlawn and Victoria
A new Tim Hortons donut shop is proposed for the corner of Woodlawn Road and Victoria Street. A committee of adjustment hearing is needed for a variance to the parking requirements. A constituent writes: We would like to register our objection to the variance from bylaw requirements that has been requested for the construction of […]
Westminister Market Site Plan feedback
If you haven’t heard of it before, you will hear a lot about it in the future. It’s called the Commercial Policy Review (CPR) and it was approved by Guelph City Council in 2005. It is a blue print for four massive retail power centres (big box clusters) in the four corners of the City […]
Grocery in Guelph: Part 1
Once again, the grocery store landscape in Guelph is experiencing change. The approved Commercial Policy Review (CPR), undertaken by the City of Guelph two years ago, recognized the need for an additional 350,000 square feet of additional grocery and food store space for the next 14 years. Price Chopper on Speedvale Avenue in Ward 2 has completed their expansion and renovation.