Great posting by Councillor Leanne Piper on her blog about engaging the community in growing the urban forest. Check it out by clicking here.
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The Chamber of Commerce taped my State of the City Address and posted it in 5 parts. You can connect to the taping through their website: www.guelphchamber.com
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Guelph has some of the best water in the country. We test it approximately 18,000 times a year for quality. In October of last year, City staff initiated a Public Promotion Action Plan to: promote the overall quality of City drinking water promote the consumption of City drinking water in the City at large increase [...]
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I have received several e-mails recently wondering about the status of the organic processing facility and the recent negotiations to process organic waste from Waterloo using excess capacity at the facility. The City signed the contract with Maple Reinders in July to construct the facility. Demolition and site servicing is happening this fall. Construction will [...]
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I delivered my annual State of the City address to the Guelph Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. Details here.
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I was invited yesterday to Ottawa to a national round table to present on some of our citizen engagement processes as they are recognized among the best. Primarily, I discussed our recent process to develop our local growth management structure. Some of the most interesting components included: a random telephone survey to get a baseline public opinions and concerns related [...]
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