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RECAP: Heritage Committee Told Decision on McQuillan’s Bridge Coming to Council Next Month

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Eleven minutes. That was how long it took for the Heritage Advisory Committee to get all their business done for this month. Several new designations were approved and there was a report about the cultural heritage impact of major proposed project downtown. The big news though was an update about the environmental assessment concerning a major piece of demolition by neglect, and when council will decide its fate. Here’s the (brief) meeting recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Committee Told Decision on McQuillan’s Bridge Coming to Council Next Month” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for May 7, 2026

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This month’s Heritage Advisory Committee has a lot of new designations to offer as some pretty important properties have finally come up for designation. In other news, the heritage planning staff have notes concerning a tower project downtown and how it might impact another one of Guelph’s historic houses, plus there’s some mystery around what’s next for one of the city’s most famous bridges. Let’s check out what’s on the agenda! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for May 7, 2026” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for April 2, 2026

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There’s one big thing on the agenda for the April meeting of the Heritage Advisory Committee. The advice that the committee will be asked for concerns that third heritage conservation district that’s currently in the works, the one that focuses on Guelph’s most famous neighbourhood outside of downtown. There will also be a couple of new designations and a proposed demolition, but for all those details you will have to dig into the preview below! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for April 2, 2026” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for November 6, 2025

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This November meeting of the Heritage Advisory Committee will look to the future in some key ways. There’s not a lot in new heritage designations, but there will be some discussion of future designations, and some discussion about a future Official Plan amendment and its impacts on heritage work, a potential demolition of a (sorta) heritage asset and a mistake made in the minutes of a previous meeting. Let’s get into the preview… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for November 6, 2025” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for October 2, 2025

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There’s not as much action at October’s Heritage Advisory Committee as you might expect as we’re counting down to the deletion of all properties listed on the heritage registry. Still, one proposed designation has made the cut for discussion while a property owner living in the city’s one current heritage district wants to make some changes. Let’s dig into the brief agenda for this month’s heritage brief. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for October 2, 2025” →

RECAP: Heritage Committee Looks at Official Plan, Sets Table for Fall

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The first full meeting of the all-new, not-so-different Heritage Advisory Committee got down to business, but only with two new designations. So what was this last meeting before summer break really about? The Official Plan for one thing as the refresh gets underway with a presentation to the committee, and then heritage planning staff will layout what comes next when we get to the fall. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Committee Looks at Official Plan, Sets Table for Fall” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for July 3, 2025

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No summer break for the Heritage Advisory Committee, at least not yet. Before getting an August break, your local heritage protection committee will tackle a couple of items, including a pretty major one; it’s time to bone up on your Official Plan policy, at least so far as protecting cultural heritage goes! Plus, there are at least a couple of new designations warming up in the bullpen, which is a warm-up for a tonne of work coming in the fall. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for July 3, 2025” →

RECAP: New Heritage Advisory Committee Gets Oriented

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For the first time, the Heritage Advisory Committee met. Yes, there are some old faces from the old Heritage Guelph days (which was one month ago), but there were also some new ones. In this initial meeting not a lot of actual heritage protection got done, but there was a lot of expectation setting and discussion about what the powers of this slightly rejiggered heritage committee can do. Plus, there was some vice-chair election drama! Check out the recap. Continue reading “RECAP: New Heritage Advisory Committee Gets Oriented” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for June 5, 2025

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New name, old committee. As previously reported, there weren’t many changes made to the operation of Heritage Guelph, but since this is kind of the first meeting of a new committee, we take a break from the seemingly non-stop series of designations these last few months and get into some orientation. Sit back, relax, and get ready to learn all about this new Heritage Advisory Committee from the basement to the rafters! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for June 5, 2025” →