MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for May 6, 2024

There’s going to be a busy slate at this month’s Heritage Guelph meeting as the local heritage protection committee’s got a lot of extra protection to do. First up, they will asked again to put themselves between history and the wrecking ball as a property already under protection is threatened yet again. But other matters this month are less urgent or dire as the committee adds three more properties to the formal list of designated properties. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for May 6, 2024”

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Gets Ready for Designation Dump on Council

There were April showers at this month’s Heritage Guelph meeting, and it was showering perspective designations to city council in the near future. Staff laid out their future plans in this meeting, some key deadlines for ongoing projects, and then looked at some more perspective designations, which will be among the ones that will come to city council in the next couple of months. For now, let’s talk about the April meeting in the recap below… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Gets Ready for Designation Dump on Council”

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for April 8, 2024

This month’s Heritage Guelph meeting will be a trivia bonanza! How many (locally) famous hands held the deed for a particular house Queen Street? How many original features exist on a well-known downtown building that might need a little love? How many loaves of bread came out of building you not be aware was actually a bakery for about three decades, 100 years ago? Oh, and in sadder news, these might be the last days for one house in particular. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for April 8, 2024”