What you thought of downtown Guelph

Posted by Magda

The city commissioned a survey about free downtown parking. The results shine an interesting light both on parking, and on how people use the downtown.

Just under half -- 47% -- of people said they work, live or participate in entertainment downtown. Of those who don't, a fifth -- 11% of those interviewed -- said they haven't been downtown in the last year.

More than a third of people said free parking has resulted in them coming downtown more often, and 88 per cent said they want free parking to be permanent.

It's all out of a sample of 400 people.

Read more in the paper... er.... maybe on Saturday.