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OPINION: Still too many questions about the daytime shelter drama
GuelphToday
10Adam: If downtown Guelph fails as a thriving retail and restaurant centre, it won’t be because of high rent, it will be because of low income. There are so many better places for patrons to spend our time and money. So we go elsewhere. Why? Because it’s now completely depressing to be in what used to be the HEART of our own City. The people who pay ALL the taxes, support ALL the City services and, yes, the less fortunate, too, have few places to enjoy in their own downtown. Feed and house the unfortunate, the homeless, the drifters, even the drug addicts, ABSOLUTELY, but maybe at the Novitiate or the old Correctional Centre or… or… or. Downtown being a commercial dead zone has NOTHING to do with high rent. Rent levels are about the least of our retailers’ and restaurateurs’ problems. They need INCOME, too. So, I say again, ABSOLUTELY continue to support the needy of all stripes. They DESERVE our help - but not right downtown if you want one worth visiting.
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Downtown Guelph to get thousands of year-round twinkle lights
GuelphToday 3Finally, finally… FINALLY!
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Departing deputy CAO 'bewildered' by Orillia termination before even starting
GuelphToday 1I hope this means we get to keep this very good man at Guelph City Hall. Sorry, Orillia, you lose.
- RoyalCityMur
Community invited to celebrate Bright Nights opening in downtown Guelph
GuelphToday 1FINALLY, it looks like we care about our downtown. It feels alive again. And all it has taken are a few efficient LED lights - the first of many more, we hope. THANK YOU to whomever is responsible for implementing this simple but powerfully uplifting look to the many magnificent buildings we have in this, the true heart of our city. We had friends visiting from Toronto last evening and their reaction was “What a beautiful city centre!” I can imagine their reaction when the makeover is complete. I feel sure that they and others will return again to spend both time and money. We can all be Guelph Proud again.
- RoyalCityMur
