Help shape the One Water Plan You’re invited to an open house for the development of the City’s integrated water management strategy, called The Blueprint: Guelph’s One Water Plan. Please join us on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, anytime between 4:30 pm and 6:30 pm in the Marg Mackinnon Room at City Hall. Come learn about the project and share your feedback! Date: Wednesday, February 5 Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Location: Marg Mackinnon Room, City Hall, 1 Carden Street, Guelph, Ontario About The Blueprint: Guelph’s One Water Plan The City of Guelph is dedicated to sustainable water management through water, wastewater, and stormwater services. These municipal services are crucial for the City’s infrastructure, ensuring water resources are available and protected for residents, businesses, and the environment.… Continue reading Open house for The Blueprint: Guelph’s One Water Plan
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Open house for The Blueprint: Guelph’s One Water Plan
January 21, 2025Help shape Guelph’s water conservation strategy
December 19, 2024Guelph, Ont., December 19, 2024 – The City of Guelph is developing its first integrated water management strategy, called The Blueprint: Guelph’s One Water Plan. The City of Guelph is known for its commitment to sustainable water management through the operation of three municipal services: water, wastewater, and stormwater. These municipal services are important for the City’s infrastructure. They help provide and protect water resources for residents and businesses and also take care of the environment. The purpose of an integrated water management strategy and care for water in all its forms (including drinking water, wastewater or stormwater) as a single, interconnected system is to ensure water sustainability for future generations. Guelph’s population is expected to grow significantly in the coming years; the City’s Official… Continue reading Help shape Guelph’s water conservation strategy
City of Guelph approves new strategy to make homes more affordable, deliver diverse housing options
December 11, 2024Housing Affordability Strategy will guide the City’s actions to improve housing affordability over the next decade Guelph, Ont., December 11, 2024 – Yesterday, City Council approved a new strategy to increase homes that are affordable in Guelph over the next decade. The Housing Affordability Strategy outlines 30 actions the City can take to improve housing affordability and monitor progress over time. “We know there is a housing crisis happening across Canada, including here in Guelph,” said Tara Baker, Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Guelph. “Our Housing Affordability Strategy is one part of helping address this crisis. By working with others to bring more affordable homes to Guelph, we can help residents access housing that meets their needs.” The City of Guelph is expected… Continue reading City of Guelph approves new strategy to make homes more affordable, deliver diverse housing options
Have thoughts about housing affordability? Let us know!
October 9, 2024Guelph, Ont., October 9, 2024 – Yesterday, we presented our Draft Housing Affordability Strategy to City Council. We’re now ready to take this draft to the public and collect community feedback before taking the next steps in finalizing the Housing Affordability Strategy for Guelph. What is the Housing Affordability Strategy? The purpose of this strategy is to determine actions that we can take to address private-market housing gaps both in the short and long term. While the City has the most influence on private-market housing, we’ve been taking a highly collaborative approach for this work so we can support unlocking more housing opportunities across the board. Upcoming engagement events We’ll be hosting a series of in-person and virtual engagement events throughout October to talk about… Continue reading Have thoughts about housing affordability? Let us know!
Please drop in and join us! Let’s talk about housing affordability in Guelph
May 30, 2024Guelph, Ont., May 30, 2024 – On June 13, please drop in and join the City of Guelph at one of two in-person, open houses to discuss the creation of our city’s housing affordability strategy. Housing affordability strategy open house Thursday, June 13 Drop-in-style: 2-4 p.m. & 6-8 p.m. Royal City Mission: 50 Quebec St, Guelph We hope to have open conversations with community members about how to address housing affordability in Guelph, based on the tools that the City can use. We’ll discuss draft actions and priorities supporting the development of Guelph’s Housing Affordability Strategy. We also want to reimagine the housing continuum and how we visually present the range of housing types available in our community. Can’t attend in person? Don’t worry! You can… Continue reading Please drop in and join us! Let’s talk about housing affordability in Guelph
Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan officially incorporated into the City’s Official Plan
March 14, 2024Guelph, Ont., March 14, 2024 – The City has worked over multiple years with several interested parties to bring the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan from concept to reality. In May 2022, Council approved Official Plan Amendment No. 79 (OPA 79) for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan. On Friday, February 16, 2024, following negotiations and Tribunal-led mediation, an amended version of OPA 79 was submitted for approval to the Ontario Land Tribunal, and on March 6, 2024, the of the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan. The City was able to file with the Ontario Land Tribunal after reaching a consensus position with the assistance of a team of Tribunal-appointed mediators. The amended OPA 79 is supported by all appellants who had appealed the plan. Amended plan maintains key policies and… Continue reading Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan officially incorporated into the City’s Official Plan
Strategic Advisory Group advocates for extension of daytime services at Royal City Mission; plans for what’s needed next
December 8, 2022Guelph, ON, December 8, 2022: The Council-endorsed Strategic Advisory Group on downtown Guelph, a subcommittee of the Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness and Community Safety, has supported a request to Guelph City Council for an extension of daytime services for people in need at the Royal City Mission. There is a gap in daytime space available between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. and Council’s support of the request would make the space available for an additional four hours a day over the next year. This measure is intended to be a short-term solution and the group is now focused on identifying longer-term solutions to daytime service options for people in need. These services will include health and community services, as well as hygiene and storage options. Funding… Continue reading Strategic Advisory Group advocates for extension of daytime services at Royal City Mission; plans for what’s needed next