City of Welland Newsroom

City of Welland Contacts for Media Inquiries is 905 735-1700

• Corporate Communications – (contact Marc MacDonald ext. 2337 or marc.macdonald@welland.ca)
• Office of C.A.O – Inquiries related to Mayor and Council matters (Contact CAO Executive Assistant ext. 2122)
• Engineering Services – Inquiries to Infrastructure, Construction Services and Projects, Subdivision Development, Development Charges (Contact Sherri-Marie Millar ext. 2210)
• Parking & Traffic – Inquiries to Municipal Parking, By-Law Enforcement, Business Licensing (Contact Ali Khan ext. 2202)
• Public Works – Inquiries to Water Quality, Sewer/Storm Sewer, Facilities/Arenas, Fleet, Parks & Special Events, Forestry (Contact Sherri-Marie Millar ext. 2210)
• Finance – Inquiries to Tax & Water Billing, Municipal & Water/Sewer Budgets, Investments (Contact Steven Fairweather ext. 2170)
• Transit – Inquiries to the Welltrans, Regional Transit Liaison (Contact Edward Zahra ext. 3030)
• Human Resources – Inquires to Labour Relations and Recruitment (contact Andrea Daisley ext. 2273)
• Clerks – Council & Legislation Services, Gaming, Vital Statistics, Municipal Elections (Contact Tara Stephens ext. 2159)
• Information Services – Inquires to GIS, City Security System, Website Management (Contact Scott Barnes ext. 2300)
• Economic Development – Inquires to Land Sales, Corporate Calling, Small Business Enterprise (Contact Lina DeChellis ext. 2110)
• Recreation & Culture – Inquires to the Welland Community Centre, Community Programming, Arts & Culture, Summer Camp /Aquatics, Market Square (Contact Rob Axiak ext. 4007)
• Building – Permit & Inspection Services, Plumbing, Property Standards (Contact Jack Tosta ext. 2242)
• Planning – Inquires to Zoning, Official Plan, Committee of Adjustment, Real Estate, CIP Plans (Contact Grant Munday ext. 2240)
• Fire Services – Contact Adam Eckhart Fire Chief at 905 735-1700 ext. 2400

Read about Welland in the media

• Municipal Interface Article January 2019 - Welland’s Open Data Journey
• MIPIM Online March Issue - Ontario city leaders on mission to attract inward investment
• Sun Homes and Decor featured Welland March 24, 2018 - Welland a sport tourism destination
• Read City of Welland’s articles - published in Municipal World
  • Growing Relationship on a better public engagement model
  • The Economic Shift
• Welland is featured in the March/April 2017 edition of Business View North America. The article is available for viewing
  • on our website
  • in digital publication

Emergencies

The City uses social media channels to update the community during a crisis or emergency. During an emergency, contact or visit 211 South Central, on Twitter follow @welland, or get updates on the City of Welland Facebook Page.

Other Social media links within the City

Rec Rentals
Welland Farmers’ Market
Welland International Flatwater Centre
Welland Recreation and Culture
Welland Transit

Inquiries

Usually, the City DOES DIRECT INQUIRIES to the appropriate personnel if:

• the post asks a sincere question about a City service or program
• the post includes inaccurate information – the City may provide a correction

The City MAY NOT REPLY to online questions or comments if:

• the post includes disrespectful statements of opinion – people are welcome to express their views even if they disagree with City policies, programs or decisions
• the post is disrespectful toward City employee(s) and or other participants in the conversation or violates the City’s commenting guidelines

As an active participant in online conversations, the City may follow partners, community groups, organizations or individuals, and may share content from other users if the material is aligned with the City’s Corporate Values, programs, services or initiatives.

Disclaimer

For the most part, comments and messages posted to City of Welland’s official social networking sites are considered transitory records and will not be kept as a permanent record by the Corporation. In the event that comments and messages are transferred for use on other websites or communication media, users acknowledge and consent by their use of City of Welland’s networking sites, and that their comments or messages may become part of the public record and further used in official City of Welland documentation. It is in the discretion of the Corporation which comments will be archived or used. It is not the intent of City of Welland to collect any personal information when users participate on its social media websites other than what is volunteered to the social media websites. Comments and messages collected for the public record using social media will be treated like any other form of communication received by the Corporation.

City of Welland may monitor social networking content for factuality and appropriateness and will make reasonable efforts to ensure that content it posts is accurate at the time of posting. However, it is in the nature of social networking communications that accuracy and timeliness are not guaranteed and may not be reliable; as such, the user acknowledges that the Corporation makes no such guarantees. As well, the Corporation is not responsible for the authenticity or suitability of content posted to the channel by others. Posted comments and images do not necessarily represent the views of the City of Welland.

City of Welland cannot and does not guarantee your privacy on 3rd party social networking websites as users are subject to the terms and conditions of the specific application. Users should review and agree to the 3rd party terms and conditions prior to participating.

City of Welland will not be responsible for any losses or damages any user may suffer as a result of using 3rd party social networking websites; users participate at their own risk, for their own benefit and in so doing accept that they have no right of action against the City of Welland related to such use.

City of Welland reserves the right to edit, delete and/or modify comments and posts that contain content threats, off topic remarks and comments, violations against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, discriminatory language, expletive language, campaigning, partisan messaging or commercial advertisements or other material deemed inappropriate.

This 11ft x 20ft fully programmable LED screen is located at Welland Civic Square and in view of a four way stop on East Main Street. Strategically located to have an approximate traffic count of 7,000 vehicles traveling by per day, the screen has full animation and is capable of displaying video as well as static messages.

For advertising opportunities or inquiries about advertising on the city’s Big Screen LED, please contact Media City.

Contact Media City’s Advertisement Representative,
Sandy Bishop @ 905-515-8893 or by email at sandy@mediacityads.com or
Wendy Rose @ 519-209-4584 or by email at wendy@mediacityads.com

LED advertising for provincially registered local non-profits are subject to special rates. For more information on non-profit rates please contact the City by email at advertise@welland.ca

More advertising opportunities within the City.