Tag: Heritage Designation

This Week at Council: Stephanie Drive Deal and Heritage Reprise Request

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“Short” was the word that best summed up this week’s meeting of city council, the regular meeting for the month of May. There was nothing much on the agenda aside from matters already settled at Committee of the Whole, so the only thing left to debate was a motion to ask the provincial government to stay the erasure of the heritage list at the end of the year. The big news though, that came out of the closed meeting. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Stephanie Drive Deal and Heritage Reprise Request” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 26, 2026

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It’s the end of the month, and the end of the council calendar. What’s trouble can we get into? 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 26, 2026” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 26, 2026 Meeting?

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It’s near the end of the month, so it’s time for the regular meeting of city council. In keeping with a rather laid back May agenda, the outline for this meeting arrives with one one new item in addition to the all the things that were on the Committee of the Whole agenda, which were, for the most part, uncontroversial. Perhaps there will be some surprises, but for now, let’s check out the preview for this meeting… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 26, 2026 Meeting?” →

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” →

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?” →

This Week at Council: This Land *Is* Our Land

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At February’s planning meeting, council showed some love to community advocates by voting their way on a couple of key issues. First up, the last meeting about the heritage conservation district for the OR Lands will now be the second-to-last meeting after council sent it back to staff for a change. Council also asked staff to make a change to the Official Plan in the name of protecting a well-loved, and long ignored piece of property. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: This Land *Is* Our Land” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 10, 2026

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If you love planning, this is going be a good meeting for you! 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 February 10, 2026” →