Welcome to the SoHo (South of Horton) community in London, Ontario!
SoHo Announcements . . .
SoHo Celebrates The Youth In Our Community!
During our last SoHo Community Association Meeting we decided that we would like to include a section in our upcoming Community Newsletters which will highlight and celebrate the young people in our Community.
In each issue of our Newsletter we will feature a young person in SoHo who has demonstrated qualities and characteristics that we believe serve as an excellent role model for all of us in SoHo . . . young and not-so-young, alike!
If you know of somebody in our local SoHo Community who is under 18 years of age and you'd like to have featured in an upcoming newsletter, let us know by providing us with their name, appropriate contact information and the reason you think they are deserving of this recognition.
You can contact us by email at soho.london.ca@gmail.com.
Together, let's celebrate SoHo!
SoHo Community Association Meeting, May 16, 2012, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Our next SoHo Community Association Meeting will be held on June 20, 2012, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the meeting room on the Lower Level at the Maple View Terrace, 279 Horton Street.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Christ Church Community Needs Survey
CHRIST (ANGLICAN) CHURCH, 138 Wellington Street, has created an online survey to capture feedback from the community and how the community understands Christ Church, the work that the Church does in and for the community and how the Church can work together in the community that we call home. As Christ Church plans their future your input through this survey will be most valuable.
Your participation involves responding to a few questions about your opinions of Christ Church. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete, and all responses will remain anonymous. The survey will be active until May 30, 2012.
The survey can be found here: Christ Church Community Needs Survey
For more on the History of Christ Church in the SoHo area read the latest History article by SoHo Historian Alice Gibb entitled Christ Church: An Architectural Gem. Also visit the Christ Church website.
Christ Anglican Church will also host their Annual Yard Sale
this Saturday, May 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the corner of Wllington and Hill Streets.
Find Treasures, Books, Housewares, Plants, and Food!
SoHo residents are invited to this special presentation:
Retired Fire Chief J.F. (Jim) Fitzgerald will present the history of
the London Fire Department, with a focus on Fire Hall Number 5.
Formerly located at 155 Adelaide St., No. 5 served the Hamilton Road area, SoHo and the Old East Village.
The event will be held Thurs, May 17 from 7-9 pm at Crouch Library,
550 Hamilton Road.
2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the London Department's first
motorized truck. There will be plenty of pictures, including
horse-drawn fire equipment.
Jim Fitzgerald has been working tireless to find a permanent home
for his collection of historic artifacts. What progress has been made?
Bring your questions and your curiosity.
Parking is available behind the library or on Ormsby St. This is a
free event. All are welcome. For more information contact:
Stephen Harding harding.steve@sympatico.ca (519-451-8252)
per, The Hidden History of Hamilton Road or the Crouch Library (519-673-0111).
Vendors Wanted for SoHo's Community Yard Sale, June 16, 2012
Vendors with treasures to sell are wanted for SoHo's Second Annual Community Yard Sale!!!
The sale will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Duchess of Kent Legion on Hill Street.
Individual vendors can rent space for a table (or sell from their car trunk) for $10 per space. You can sell crafts, books, housewares, tools, jewelery, etc.
Also, volunteers from the community are needed to serve on the bake, plant and attic treasures tables as well as helping with the barbecue.
Finally, donations are needed for the SoHo Community Association tables including: crafts, sporting equipment, housewares, plants, toys, attic treasures and cookies for the bake table.
To book a space, to volunteer or to donate, contact:
Nancy Hamm at 519-663-5617
Funds raised support the SoHo Community Association and neighborhood projects! Let's make our second sale even more successful than our first!
SHOP SOHO
SHOP SOHO is a Walk to Shop program that promotes local shopping and physical fitness as well as promoting environmental benefits and practices.
Headed by the SoHo Community Association, SHOP SOHO is an initiative with co-operation from London’s Strengthening Neighbourhoods Strategy and strives to strengthen relationships between SoHo Residents and our local Businesses.
All materials/services used to facilitate, promote and implement the SHOP SOHO program are sourced and purchased from our local SoHo Businesses!
Residents of SoHo can purchase our environmentally friendly and reusable SHOP SOHO bags for $3.00.
Proceeds from the sale of each SHOP SOHO bag will be used by the SoHo Community Association to deliver services and events within the SoHo Community.
Residents take their SHOP SOHO bag to local participating merchants who will offer SHOP SOHO Specials and Discounts when a SHOP SOHO bag is presented. (example, 10% Discount) Participating merchants are identified by the SHOP SOHO sign in their store front window.
SHOP SOHO bags were proudly produced by local SoHo business Fresh Ink Apparel and are available for purchase for $3.00 each from the following SHOP SOHO merchants:
Organic Works Bakery & Café (222 Wellington Street)
G.R. Smith Vacuum Sales & Service (213 Wellington Street)
Computer Liquidators (229 Horton Street)
SHOP SOHO bags will also be available for sale at all SoHo Community Association meetings and events.
For more information on the SHOP SOHO program, please make inquiries to the SoHo Community Association by emailing soho.london.ca@gmail.com.
London's New "Neighbourgood Guide"
London Strengthening Neighbourhoods Task Force has unveiled the new NeighbourGood website that allows Londoners to share and access information about their neighbourhoods.
Features of the highly interactive website allow users to create pages that showcase their neighbourhood with a description, lists of little local gems and share neighbourhood events, celebrations, meetings and success stories.
“It’s a fun way to learn about London neighbourhoods,” said Cheryl Smith, Manager of Community Partnerships for the City of London. “It will really allow Londoners to map everything that makes their neighbourhoods unique from their favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant to the colossal garage sale that happens every spring.”
Already SoHo is being well represented with numerous little SoHo Gems on the Guide. Check it out, Register and create your Little Gems!
http://www.neighbourgoodguide.ca/
H.B. Beal Celebrates Centennial With Four-Day Reunion
H.B. Beal Secondary School on Dundas Street is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012. Organizers are inviting alumni to several special events, including a springtime reunion weekend. The school, once known as H.B. Beal Technical and Commercial High School, was the first secondary school in the city to put a focus on vocational, technical and art education - rather than strictly academic subjects. Several well known artists, musicians and filmmakers graduated from Beal - and several students from SoHo attended the school.
The next event of 2012 will be the reunion itslef. It will be held from May 31 to June 3 at the school. For complete information on events, registration, tickets and sporting events, visit the website www.BEAL100.com.
Pause Coffee SoHo is happy to welcome Pause Coffee. They are located in the main concourse at 111 Waterloo Street They feature Fair Trade Coffees and Teas and are available for healthy Catering. Their hours of operation are 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday to Friday. To Contact them email Laura at Pause Coffee
The SoHo Community Association was created to help build communication and networking in the community. Our goals are to facilitate events and activities which help us come together as a neighbourhood, to share news and ideas, and to represent the vitality and strengths of our neighbourhood. The SoHo Community Association depends on volunteers to sit on the executive, represent the community at public meetings, to run events, maintain the webpage, and to maintain our Facebook page. If you are looking for a way to get more involved, please contact us at soho.london.ca@gmail.com, by calling 519-679-8624 or by ‘liking’ us on Facebook (SoHo Community Association, London Ontario).
The London Block Parent and the Business Block Parent Programs are looking for new Block Parents in the SoHo area.
For further information please contact:
Tara Kovach
Business Block Parent® Coordinator
London Block Parent® Program
652 Elizabeth Street
London, ON
N6A 4L9
519-661-5855
Become a fan on facebook! London Block Parent Program
www.blockparent.london.ca