Golfview Park

another dandelion season has come and gone and again the city waited until after the weeds went to seed before the grass was cut. I read with interest where the city has said you cannot dump sod ends and such in the bush portions of the city parks for fear the neighbours would be [...]

Update From The Speed River Project

You are invited to our annual water forum. Please forward to anyone who you believe would be interested. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Tadpole to Frog:
Transforming Watershed Education
March 8th, from 1-4pm OPIRG-Guelph and the Speed River Project will be hosting a forum on Childrens Watershed Education at the Guelph Youth [...]

Council approves Eastview Community Park

The former landfill site north-west of Eastview Rd and Watson Pkwy N will become the city’s newest community park.
Just over half of the 81 hectare site was land-filled until it was closed in 2003. On the non-land-filled portion of the site City Council has approved $1.74million to build the first phase of the park including [...]

4.5%

City of Guelph 2008 Operating and Capital budgets highlights:
20 Minute bus service
Funding for Hospice Wellington and Guelph General Hospital’s MRI
Increased life cycle reserve

A change of scenery

The following editorial appeared in the January 8 edition of the Guelph Tribune:
The community park proposed for the former Eastview landfill site seems to be a wonderful project, one to rival other local parks in recreational opportunities. And if council says OK and funding can be found, part of the 200-acre site will end up [...]