Visiting Downtown Guelph tax proposed

The City of Guelph is considering a tax targeted at visitors and shoppers to Downtown. The plan being examined is primarily focused on locally owned businesses and will exclude virtually every regional and national retailer in Guelph.
The City of Guelph has suffered from the downloading of responsibilities by it’s provincial parent, without the requisite funding.
For example, [...]

Guelph Solar Update

The Guelph Solar Committee is pleased to release the latest update to our bulk purchase plan. If you do not have time to read through the entire update I’ve included a short table of contents. For those interested in being involved in our first bulk purchase, please be sure to read about our first scheduled [...]

Guelph Councillors FCM trip to Calgary

We are sure you will not want to hear our thoughts about the News Paper article in the paper referring to your trip to help Mrs. Kovach. We have E-Mailed both you and Mr. Findlay without any results to our concerns. Mr. Findley hid behind our Major first time we had a concern and you [...]

The branding of Guelph: Part 1

Currently, the City of Guelph is undergoing a redesign of it’s logo. It is expected to be launched on Monday December 3. This is round two of a process that saw two very mediocre designs universally rejected by the public.
Dictionary.com states: Brand; noun, a trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer. Logo; noun, a [...]

24/7 public washrooms: stylin’ design

So let’s push the design envelope a little with these provocative designs for outdoor washrooms from Texas. Thanks to Councillor Piper for forwarding these images.
Outside in
Inside out

Waverly Park Redevelopment Plan

As a member of the Waverly Drive school council I am writing to express my enthusiasm for this project. As our community grows and develops it is wonderful that our green spaces can be adapted to fit the needs of the neighbourhood. The redevelopment will bring new life to our park and will create opportunities [...]

Urban Forest Management Plan for the City of Guelph

The City of Guelph’s urban forest has been recognized as a visual amenity, and for its environmental benefits, for many years. However, with the mounting pressures of population growth and climate change (locally and globally) trees in cities must be recognized as more than just an amenity. The urban forest needs to be identified specifically [...]