Free Two-Hour Parking Sees Lukewarm Approval

The following article appeared in the June 29 edition of the Guelph Tribune:
A 12-month test of free two-hour parking on downtown streets is happening in the face of striking skepticism from four city councillors who changed their votes on the issue this week.
“I am almost 100 per cent certain it will fail,” Coun. Maggie Laidlaw [...]

Parking Abusers Will Be Tracked

The following article appeared in the June 29 edition of the Guelph Tribune.
Hand-held computer devices are expected to come in very handy when it comes to enforcing the free two-hour parking on downtown streets approved by city council this week.
The devices will be vital in fighting abuses of the new meterless system that’s to be [...]

The More Things Change Now The More They Stay The Same

Back in 1986 a group of street kids linked up and formed SKIN: Street Kids In Need. They were a dozen or so and determined. We met every week for about three months and they developed a plan. Their plan was to get support from the city of Guelph for an idea that would provide [...]

Cleaning up the downtown

The following article appeared in the June 28 edition of the Guelph Mercury:
Late-night bars, restaurants may be asked to pony up as city looks for ways to recoup cleanup, policing costs
When Stephanie Schmalz walks to her clothing store on Saturday mornings, she often discovers the grubby results of downtown partying.

SmartCentres Inc. and residential units

At a recent meeting between Council and SmartCentres Inc., regarding the proposed retail expansion of the Wal-Mart at 0 Woodlawn Rd., when the representative of the above corporation was asked by a councillor whether or not multu-level office and residential space had been considered as part of the expansion, he stated that “We do not [...]