Guelph Enabling Garden receives attention

One of Guelph’s treasures is its enabling garden.  Never heard of it?  Well, read all about it in this article that appeared in Ontario Gardener magazine. geg-in-ontario-gardener-2008

Vital Signs - Be a Part of It

The Guelph Community Foundation is developing an annual report on Guelph and Wellington County, called Vital Signs.  You can be a part of the survey for just 15 minutes of your time.
Vital Signs is an annual report card prepared by Community Foundations across Canada that measures the health of a community, identifies significant trends, and [...]

Farmers Market part of World’s Longest BBQ on August 2nd

The answer to one of the recent comments posted is “yes”! 
Our local Farmer’s Market will join the World’s Longest BBQ, a national event created by local cookbook author Anita Stewart, by hosting a barbecue at the Market on Saturday, August 2.  
The World’s Longest BBQ is all about celebrating local foods. At the Market, local farm-fresh [...]

Skating outdoors - totally Canadian

The recently-launched Guelph Citizenship Committee organized a citizenship ceremony at Canada Day celebrations this year at Riverside Park.  It was brilliant.
Thirty new Canadians took their oath of citizenship in front of Judge Morrow and an audience of hundreds.  They were well welcomed into our country and community as new citizens.
In the days leading up to this [...]

Recycling at Canada Day and Ribfest

One of the recommendations in the draft Waste Management Master Plan is to promote recycling at major community events and celebrations. 
The Hillside Festival has been the leader in recycling at their music festival at Guelph Lake for many years.
The next events to come on board are Canada Day and Ribfest.  Rotary and the City will [...]

Tree Registry launched by Rotary

For their 100th anniversary in 2020, the Rotary Club of Guelph has set a goal for a 40% tree canopy in Guelph.
In addition to the new Rotary Forest that is being planted at Guelph Lake in partnership with the Grand River Conservation Authority, they have launched a new Tree Registry.  If you are planting trees, [...]

Caring Community

There was lots of evidence this week that Guelph is a caring community.
The Multicultural Festival flag was raised at City Hall (the Festival is this weekend) and the Guelph Citizenship Committee was launched.  Both initiatives work to ensure new Canadians feel welcome and valued in our community.   Twenty-one percent of Guelph’s residents are new Canadians.  We will [...]

Multicultural Festival this weekend

This weekend marks the 12th Guelph and District Multicultural Festival in Riverside Park. You can find out more about the festival, including a schedule of events, here.
Here is a picture from the flag-raising ceremony at City Hall, along with a reflection from volunteer organizer Carmela Nini:

The raising of the One World Living Together Multicultural Festival Flag is [...]

Swim to Survive

Have you been following the news about the closure of school pools in Toronto?  Soon after hearing about these pool closures and the threat to kids learning to swim, I received this information about the situation in Guelph: 
“The Recreation service area has set a goal - “Every child in Guelph learns to swim to survive”. In [...]

Enduring Partnerships

During the 1990s, the City of Guelph was part of a successful municipal partnership program with Jinja Uganda.  The partnership was sponsored by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).  The partnership lasted 10 years and was led by our former Director of Community Services, Gus Stahlman.
The relationships that were developed between our [...]