Guelph Tool Library not getting the funding they expected [Video]

The Guelph Tool Library will no longer be getting funding they expected to come from the city.

This development comes as they settle within the Old Quebec Street Shoppes in downtown Guelph.

Part of what prompted the move in the first place is growing membership, which resulted in the need for more space. They were expecting a community benefit agreement (CBA) to be signed, which would’ve seen $80,000 go to the group for each of the next three years starting in 2025.

But that’s not the case anymore.

“Now we’ve been told that it’s not available to us until 2027. And that means that we have to put all of our programing for non-members on hold,” said Claire Cowan, a Guelph Tool Library board member.

The not-for-profit organization has tools and household items available to members, and works kind of like a regular library.

The money they anticipated to receive was supposed to go toward new …