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City of Guelph – An Enterprise Approach to City Building
Enterprise Planning (Objectives/Targets)
• Employment (Growth Management Strategy)
• 92,000 jobs
• Increase of 32 000 jobs from 2006
• Targeted Sectors (Prosperity 2020, Agri-Innovation Strategy, Foreign Direct Investment
Strategy, Community Energy Initiative)
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Agri-tech
• Clean-tech
• Targeted Markets (Prosperity 2020, Agri-Innovation Strategy, Foreign Direct Investment
Strategy)
• Local & Regional (Business Retention & Expansion Program)
• GTA
• Europe (Netherlands, Germany, UK, Italy)
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City of Guelph – City Building
Economic Development Activities (Programs)
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Pan-regional FDI Program Investment Leads
• Dutch-Consul General’s Office
• Business Retention & Expansion
• Outreach
• RWDI (200 existing jobs retained – 200 new potential jobs)
• Hitachi (200+ existing jobs retained – 200 new potential jobs)
• Investment Ready
• Policy
• Integrated Operational Review
• Employment Land
• HCBP
• Guelph Innovation District
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City of Guelph – An Enterprise Approach to City Building
Employment Land (Hanlon Creek Business Park)
Phase 1
(Serviced)
Phase 3
(Future)
Phase 2
(Serviced)
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City of Guelph – An Enterprise Approach to City Building
Employment Land (Hanlon Creek Business Park – Phase 1)
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City of Guelph – An Enterprise Approach to City Building
Economic Development (Hanlon Creek Business Park – Phase 2)
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City of Guelph – An Enterprise Approach to City Building
Future Employment Land (Guelph Innovation District)
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Vision and principles:
1. The creation of a compact, mixed use
community providing meaningful places to
live, work, shop, play and learn;
2. A knowledge-based innovation cluster
that attracts employment and residential
uses both anchored by a new mixed use
urban village and main street;
3. Building on natural and cultural heritage
resources of the area;
4. Working towards carbon neutrality through
building performance standards, on and
off-site renewable energy and potential
district energy
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City of Guelph – An Enterprise Approach to City Building
Guelph Innovation District (Employment Land Uses – Built Form)
• Land Use Designations
Mixed
Use 1
Mixed
Use 2
Industrial
Adaptive
Re-Use
• Employment Targets
1,700
2,500
1,350
750
Province
City
Private
City
Province
Province
Office & Administration
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Research & Development
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Hotel & Convention
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Entertainment
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Commercial Recreation
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R&D Manufacturing
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• Primary Permitted Uses
• Ownership
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Industrial
Mixed
Use 1
Mixed
Use 2
Cultural/Educational
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Institutional
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Commercial
Light Industrial
Adaptive
Re-Use
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City of Guelph – An Enterprise Approach to City Building
Guelph Innovation District (Implementation – Next Steps)
What needs to be
addressed to go from the
current state of the
property to what is
envisaged?
Adaptive
Re-Use
Province:
• Relocation of Turf Grass
Institute
• Land Tenure/Leases
Industrial
• Guelph Correctional Studies
• Circulation of Property to
other Government entities
Mixed
Use 1
City
• Business Case –
Employment Lands
Province/City
• MOU focused on
development and
investment prospects.
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