City hall will be trying something new to the city – a telephone town hall – on Tuesday evening to see what people think about the quality of life in Guelph.
At 7 p.m. on Sept. 25, 10,000 randomly selected residents will get a phone call from Mayor Karen Farbridge inviting them to participate in a one-hour discussion about the quality of life in Guelph, said a city hall news release. It’s part of public input being collected for the Guelph Community Wellbeing Initiative.
“I look forward to hearing lots of great ideas from people across the community about the future of our city,” Farbridge said in the Wednesday release. “We need to work together to ensure all Guelph residents have the best possible quality of life.”
Everyone in Guelph is welcome to participate in the telephone town hall, which is something new in the city, the release said. Residents can register in advance at guelphwellbeing.ca to receive a phone call, or make the call themselves at 1-888-886-6603, ext. 19843#, on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.
The event will allow residents to take part in a town hall meeting from the comfort of their own homes, and they can ask questions or simply listen to the discussion about wellbeing in Guelph.
As part of the ongoing Guelph Community Wellbeing Initiative, the city and its partners have collected comments from thousands of people using a survey, neighbourhood meetings, comments cards and online conversations, the release said. It said the telephone town hall is one more way for residents to join the conversation.
“We’re using several different ways to connect with our community in the hopes of reaching as many people as possible,” Barbara Powell, the city’s general manager of community engagement, said in the release. A summary of community input will be presented during a Wellbeing Forum on Oct. 11.