Downtown Updates and other news relevant to Downtown Guelph
February 2012
OX is pulling into Guelph's restaurant scene
The Guelph Mercury - Mark Rodford, the owner of two downtown businesses focused on food, is set to open his third and he's taking an alternative approach to raising funds to make it happen. 
Gordon holding songwriting workshop in Guelph
The Guelph Mercury - James Gordon, a local musician and songwriter, is leading teens in a songwriting session Feb. 18 at the Guelph Public Library's downtown main branch.
Guelph to get its Hillside Inside groove on again this weekend
The Guelph Mercury - Hillside Inside will also offer several free workshops downtown. There will be sessions on healthy living, pain relief labour, hairdo's and pasta-making. Hillside Hockey, a street hockey tournament, and a family skating event at the Sleeman Centre will also take place Saturday.
Musicians urged to apply for Downtown concert gig
The Guelph Mercury - Musicians and entertainers who'd like to be part of Downtown Guelph's 2012 Noon Hour Concert Series have a month to submit their applications.
The concerts in St. George's Square run Fridays from the end of May to mid-September. The Downtown Guelph Business Association is looking for applications from groups and individuals from all musical genres whose music will appeal to the broad range of people who frequent the square.
Brothers Raso spread their passion for music
The Guelph Mercury - None of the brothers has gotten rich playing music, but this has not stopped them recording and performing prolifically. They are fuelled by a love for downtown Guelph, for music, and for each other.
Adrian calls downtown Guelph "a city within a city" with a large arts community. "It's allowed me to flourish," he said, adding he still wishes the arts were taken more seriously here.
Downtown Dollars now available in Select Stores!
Purchase these gift certificates in denominations of $10, $25 and $50.
Downtown independent coffee shop looking to triple its size
The Guelph Mercury - Planet Bean is set to triple the size of its downtown location, vacating its current space on Macdonell Street and moving just around the corner to 2 Wyndham St.
Downtown Parking Rates Increase
Effective February 1
Guelph's queen of the arenas calls it a career
The Guelph Mercury - The Queen of Carden Street is calling it quits.
For 66 years Rita Campbell has been the face that greeted people at events held at Memorial Gardens and later the Sleeman Centre, her familiar "how you doin' hon?' being her standard greeting.
