April 9, 2012 Last week, Council adopted a new Official Plan, which will guide our community’s development over the next two decades. Much has changed in our City since the last time we adopted an official plan in 1988: we have grown out to our borders, we have prioritized our natural environment, our economy has […]
January 29, 2012 The city has begun its work on our community’s new culture plan, which is looking at culture not through what buildings we have to house institutions but how we as a community express ourselves, in all of its different forms. This weekend in Waterloo has been true to the diversity of expression […]
January 19, 2012 In a first for Waterloo, perhaps in Canada, the City will be holding an All-Access Town Hall meeting on the budget this Tuesday, January 24, 2012. We will be taking questions via email before 7 pm and via Twitter, Facebook, and over the phone starting at 7. For more information on how […]
December 29, 2011 Grand River Transit has announced that, due to demand along Columbia St., two new stops will be added for the 201 iXpress on January 2, 2012, outbound from Laurier: one at Columbia at Hazel and Columbia at Albert. In conversations with regional transit planners, we discussed the volume on this route and […]
December 20, 2011 The City of Waterloo is offering a special workshop to assist landlords in applying for a residential rental housing license under the new by-law at fifteen different times/days. These sessions will help people understand what documentation is required and how to complete an application, but will not answer any question about a specific […]
December 18, 2011 (Written from onboard the GO) The first GO Train left the station in Kitchener today with free service to and from Guelph. Excited passengers packed the platform and filled the seats. Hopefully the enthusiasm people had today will carry forward and provide solid ridership, convincing GO to make the investment in track […]
December 6, 2011 One year ago today, I was officially inaugurated as the Councillor for Ward 6. In my first address to Council, as a male engineering graduate I reflected on the tragic events of December 6, 1989 at Ecolé Polytechnique and the need to work hard to promote inclusion and diversity in our community. […]
October 24, 2011 Yesterday, Mike Connolly passed away. He served his community with passion and a dedicated focus to the issues he cared about, including nearly 11 years on local municipal councils. I saw a lot of Mike over the past year – from the campaign trail last year and, regularly, on the Northdale Special […]
September 25, 2011 I was in Savannah, Georgia about one month ago as part of a short, but much needed vacation. The original capital of the colony of Georgia and founded in 1733, this bustling capital and fourth largest U.S. port city is also host to one of the country’s largest historic districts. Encompassing nearly […]
July 28, 2011 On August 15, Council will spend the morning in its first budget-related workshop towards the 2012-2014 City of Waterloo Operating and Capital budgets. Earlier this summer, we adopted our 2011-2014 Strategic Plan. Under the six pillars of “Sustainability and Our Living Environment”, “Public Engagement”, “Healthy & Safe Community”, “Vibrant Neighbourhoods”, “Getting Around”, […]
