Envision Guelph and Guelph's Official Plan growth - community - environmentJoin us as we Envision Guelph 25 years from now. The community is invited to review and share comments on the proposed update to Guelph’s Official Plan (OPA 42).The Official Plan incorporates policies that govern residential and commercial development, natural and heritage conservation, and Guelph's transportation and energy systems, and related policies and studies. learn more here Guelph's on the Grow Insight Guelph features articles about the City's plans for growth and development. Guelph is growing! How Guelph plans and manages changes over the next 25 years will affect all our lives. In keeping with the City’s Strategic Plan . . . the City that Makes a Difference our growth planning must be completed in a manner that is balanced and sustainable. What are we doing?The City is planning for its growth in consideration of the Province’s Places to Grow growth plan that encompasses our area (as well as other municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe in and around Toronto). Our planning has consisted of completing background research, including several significant studies examining environmental, social/cultural and economic parameters of growth. Over the past several years, the City has also completed several public engagement sessions with the Guelph community and on-going discussions with our fellow government partners, the surrounding municipalities around Guelph and the Provincial Government.What has happened and what is going on NOW?The work has now been completed. City Council received the final phase of the strategy, the implications of the growth plan, at their meeting on April 27, 2009. Everything to date (2006-2008) has been compiled into webpage links that are outlined on the left side of this screen. We are now at the stage where staff are implementing the growth plan through the City's Official Plan update. What can you do?Your ideas and choices about how Guelph should look and feel in the year 2031 have shaped the formation of the City’s growth plan. You can continue to get involved through follow-up implementation of the growth plan, i.e. the development of a new, updated City Official Plan, completion of studies and development plans to make the growth plan ‘happen’. FAQsAccess a list of Frequently Asked Questions and answers about the Growth Management Strategy. Reports and PublicationsView reports and publications that have been compliled to date for the Growth Management Strategy. Related LinksView links to other . More Information Community Design and Development ServicesCall: 519-837-5616Email: planning@guelph.ca
