Mayor Cam Guthrie has described Guelph as a city of resilience.<\/p>\n
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The State of the City Address on Thursday focused on housing and the 2025 budget among other topics.<\/p>\n
A lot of the \u201cheavy lifting\u201d the city did in the past 12 months was around housing, Guthrie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe heavy lifting revolved around internal process changes to make things easier and faster \u2014 policy and zoning changes to allow more flexibility of the type of housing we can have in the city of Guelph.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Guthrie didn\u2019t reach his goal of reducing the budget\u2019s tax levy to 4 per cent or less, he said city staff did bring the levy down from around 10 per cent to just under 7 per cent.<\/p>\n
During his speech, Guthrie acknowledged how hard the last year has been for residents and businesses in the Royal City. He said that in spite of such challenges, he is proud to see how Guelph demonstrated its resiliency.<\/p>\n
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Guthrie said the city can pull together amid the uncertainty of U.S tariffs, provincial and federal elections and housing.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are a resilient city. We\u2019ve gone through difficult times and there is a lot of uncertainty in the world today,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to recognize that and acknowledge those uncertainties. but also acknowledge that we as a community can weather these storms, we can get through these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guthrie praised the city\u2019s working relationships with community partners to address issues such as homelessness.<\/p>\n
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