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This Week at Council: No to Five Units, Yes to More Grants

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Everyone was prepared for a long one at the planning meeting of city council this month, but in the end length was relative. One big item was deferred off the agenda, and we will see it again in September, but for this meeting, we focused on two other areas. Council once again had a look at doing five units as-of-right, and it turns out feelings about it haven’t changed, and then they looked at a new grant to get housing built. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: No to Five Units, Yes to More Grants” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 12, 2026

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It’s time for the May planning meeting! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 12, 2026” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 12, 2026 Meeting?

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This month’s planning meeting is going to be a difficult one, and perhaps even a lengthy one. On the agenda are a tonne of new heritage designations, which should not be controversial, so the controversy will inevitably begin with the return of new planning permissions that might make it easier to get more units built on some select properties in the city and a difficult staff decision on a major development project there’s a lot of eyes on. Let’s get into the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 12, 2026 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: That One Tower and the Housing Report

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It was a big meeting for big projects at the March planning meeting for Guelph City Council this week. From a proposed tower on the downtown core to the zoning for the Guelph Innovation District, these were perhaps the two biggest files that council has seen in the last couple of months. But bigger than any individual housing project is the entirety of the housing file, and council got an update on that too. Let’s review what went down in the meeting in this recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: That One Tower and the Housing Report” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for March 10, 2026

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Get ready for some big projects at a big planning meeting before council’s March Break! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for March 10, 2026” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 10, 2026 Meeting?

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March’s planning meeting will put a couple of massive new projects on the table, but at this point they’re only theoretical. There will be two statutory planning meetings for this month’s planning meeting, and there will also be two new heritage designations, and if we’re talking about housing this much, then it makes sense for staff to combine their talents and present to council the sum and total of the City of Guelph’s housing development initiatives, this far. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 10, 2026 Meeting?” →