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Shaping Guelph: Guelph’s growth management strategy

Guelph needs to plan to meet provincial growth forecasts for a population of 203,000 and 116,000 jobs by the year 2051. How we meet those forecasts is up to us. Growth doesn’t mean putting high-rise apartment buildings in every neighbourhood; thoughtful planning will identify the right growth for all areas of the city so that Guelph can attract new residents, businesses and services that add to our community. Planning how and where we grow helps us create a people-oriented city full of essential amenities, walkable neighbourhoods, thriving community hubs and an interconnected transportation network. We need your help to ensure that we develop a Guelph-made approach to accommodate this growth.

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Who's Listening

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Melissa Aldunate, Manager, Policy Planning and Urban Design

plan2051@guelph.ca

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Jason Downham, Planner

plan2051@guelph.ca

Phases

Phases overview
Conversations about where and how to grow
Conversations about the growth scenarios Guelph should explore
Conversations about Guelph's employment lands
Learn about housing analysis strategy
Conversations about 3 growth scenarios
A strategy for Guelph's growth
Official Plan Amendment + Statutory Open House + Public Meeting
A decision on changes to the Official Plan

A decision on changes to the Official Plan

April 11, 2022 - June 24, 2022

About the Shaping Guelph project 

In October 2019, we began a municipal comprehensive review of Guelph’s Official Plan to conform to A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. This project is known as Shaping Guelph. Here is what we’ve done so far: 

·      Based on community input, developed a draft vision and principles to guide Guelph’s growth for the next 30 years 

·      Had community conversations about: 

·      where and how to house Guelph’s growing population 

·      one possible way for Guelph to grow and what other growth options should be explored, and 

·      Guelph’s employment lands supply and future needs 

·      Explored growth scenarios; and 

·      Presented the growth management strategy to City Council. 

If you are unable to attend the meeting, please send us your comments, questions or feedback to plan2051@guelph.ca

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