8/29/2023 0 Comments Night scenery drawing![]() ![]() It’s brought more people, more foot traffic downtown,” Dario Direnzo, the co-owner of Frank & Steins said. “The patios have increased the traffic flow so dramatically that it’s actually worth it for me in December, months after the patios close, there’s still enough people coming downtown to make it worthwhile to be open during the day,” Richard Overland, the owner of NV Kitchen and Bar said. Other business owners said since the program started it's had a major positive impact. Richard Overland, co-owner of NV Kitchen + Bar and Treasurer of Downtown Guelph BIA, seen outside of a patio in the royal city’s downtown core. Right now, you know, a lot of tourists are coming like Cambridge, I don’t think they have many patios there and we have it here,” Wimpy’s Diner owner Maden Lal said. “When the patios aren’t here on a Sunday, the streets are dead, but with the patios, since they’ve been here, people are walking back and forth and you see them carrying bags, so definitely it’s helping,” Don Perron, a customer of two decades at Wimpy’s Diner in Downtown Guelph said.īusinesses big and small are taking advantage of people passing through the downtown core looking to enjoy the day while having a bite to eat. ![]() ‘IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE', SAY DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES Tables will go up in the first weekend of May and must be cleared from city streets by the last weekend in September. Applications can be made as early as February. On Wednesday, the committee approved a permanent seasonal patio program starting in 2024. “We have enough data and feedback that says this is overwhelmingly supported, and it’s something we know that it’s not only good for business and good for our own people within the City of Guelph, but there’s a tourism attraction to it as well,” Guelph Mayor Cam Guthrie said. It has proven to be a popular attraction for the city’s main core. ![]() It started as a way to help owners recover from the pandemic and was approved to continue until 2023. Since 2020, the City of Guelph has allowed businesses to have patios in the summer. On Wednesday, the City of Guelph Committee of the Whole approved a permanent seasonal patio program. With summer in full swing, patio season is at its prime in the Royal City, and some small business owners are applauding a step toward making the downtown patio scene a permanent fixture. ![]()
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