This Week at Council: A Good Night of Planning

It was another long one at Guelph City Council in terms of the planning meeting, but it was not so divisive as it might have appeared at the beginning. It was a packed agenda including a couple of new residential projects, the next heritage conservation district, and the annual report about Guelph’s growth and its relative success. Also, a key piece of Guelph’s affordabile housing strategy was complete. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: A Good Night of Planning”

RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 14, 2026

We will plan for the last time before summer vacation! 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 July 14, 2026”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 14, 2026 Meeting?

In this last planning meeting for the summer break, there’s a lot on the agenda for the consideration of Guelph city council. On the docket are two new heritage designations, two new statutory planning meetings (including the nearly completed new heritage district plan), an update on Guelph’s housing picture, and the plan for a much talked about new development in the downtown area. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 14, 2026 Meeting?”

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

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”