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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State of the City on YouTube
Posted on November 17, 2009 by kfarbridge
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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Promoting municipal water
Posted on November 16, 2009 by kfarbridge
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 accessibility to City drinking [...]
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Status of Organics Facility
Posted on November 16, 2009 by kfarbridge
I have received several e-mails recently wondering about the status of the organic processing facility. The contract was signed with Maple Reinders in July to construct the facility. Demolition and site servicing is happening this fall. Construction will being in Spring 2010 as soon as we receive an amended Certificate of Approval under the Environmental [...]
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State of the City Address
Posted on November 13, 2009 by kfarbridge
I delivered my annual State of the City address to the Guelph Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.
Details here.
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Citizen Engagement
Posted on November 11, 2009 by kfarbridge
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 to [...]
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How big is your water footprint?
Posted on November 8, 2009 by kfarbridge
Find out here.
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Mayor’s Office UNICEF pumpkin
Posted on November 2, 2009 by kfarbridge
A Captain Hook pumpkin was our submission for a pumpkin-carving display at Stone Road Mall to benefit UNICEF:
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