I just don’t know how else to say it. I implore you to decide against allowing high-rise development in the downtown core. Even one 18-storey building will detract from downtown’s charm, but this decision will have an even greater impact in the future. The precedent will be set and it will become very difficult, if not impossible, to prevent further high-rise development. Guelph’s downtown will become a colder, less hospitable place and much of its beauty and charm will be lost forever.
Please don’t allow that to happen. Maintain the current height restrictions in the downtown and, if need be, allow high-rise developments on the outskirts of the city. Preserve the old world charm of downtown …. please. LL