The Government of Canada launched a new sustainable community initiative at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference.
“Equilibrium Communities Initiative will provide financial, technical and promotional assistance to neighbourhood development projects across the country chosen through a national competition. A call for project submissions will be issued by the end of June inviting developers, with their [...]
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A particularly inspiring presentation at Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference was by True Sport. This is a national movement to encourage the development of sports across Canada. The organization is delivering a holistic message to promoting sports in communities across Canada. It recognizes the opportunities for improving health and well-being, putting children and youth on a positive life course, [...]
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Councillor Lise Burcher and June Hofland and I were invited to attend a lunch at the FCM conference along with a number of communities who are showing leadership in sustainability planning. Mayor Ken Melamed of Whistler was our host.
Whistler is a municipal leader in adopting the Natural Step as a framework for sustainability. Guelph invited Mayor [...]
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I was invited to speak at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Annual Conference on Guelph’s Community Energy Plan.
The panel session was co-sponsored by QUEST – Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow and Autodesk. Guelph’s CEP aligns well with the vision and goals of QUEST.
Michael Harcourt, former Premier of British Columbia and former Mayor of Vancouver, [...]
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I have posted on our purchasing policy in the past since it is something that I get enquiries about. Recently, I was reminded that the City’s Purchasing Policy incorporates the Code of Ethics established by the Ontario Public Buyers Association. It helps explain the principles that underly our practices.
1. Open and Honest Dealings with Everyone Who is [...]
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Owens Corning is saving more than $175,000 a year by reducing electricity consumption by 2.3 million kilowatts at its fiber glass plant in Guelph.
Find out more at the Ontario Power Authority’s website.
This will be a significant contribution to the overall Community Energy Plan targets for the City.
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Details of the development of the space outside of the new City Hall can be found by clicking on this artist’s rendering.
Renovation of the old City Hall is underway to house the POA Court House (currently in Old Quebec Street).
There will be some work on the space outside of the new City Hall this year [...]
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