Welcome to the SoHo (South of Horton) community in London, Ontario!
SoHo announcements ...
Public Consultation Meeting regarding the London Health Sciences Centre, South Street Hospital. A report relating to the potential demolition of buildings on these lands will be considered at a public participation meeting at 3:30 PM of the Planning and Environment Committee on January 16, 2012. The purpose of this report is to determine the options for the South Street Campus, including the possible demolition of the Colborne Building, the War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the North Wing of the Main Building. As properties listed on the Inventory of Heritage Resources, Council invites the public to comment on their possible demolition. The report related to this matter will be available from the Planning Department (206 Dundas Street) one week prior to the meeting. Additional information about the site and background reports on the matter can be found on the City’s website- http://www.london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Reference_Documents/Soho.htm
History of SoHo's Jewish Families
Bill Gladstone, the Toronto author of A History of the Jewish Community of London, Ontario, is the special guest speaker at the January meeting of the London & Middlesex Historical Society. He will be relating stories about many of the families who first made SoHo home when they came to London following pogroms in Russia and Europe. Copies of his history will be available for sale and signing. The meeting will be held January 18 at 8 p.m. at the Old Courthouse (Middlesex County Building) at the forks of the Thames, 399 Ridout Street, use the side door. Parking available in the lot beside the building - requires a tooney to pay on the way out of the lot.
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 first event of 2012 is a Gala Celebration, on the actual 100th anniversary day, on January 12. Festivities will be held during the day for students and alumni are invited to the Gala starting at 6:30 p.m. that evening. Tickets for the event are $10 and can be purchased in advance at Tuckey's Hardware, Belle Air Music in downtown London and at Chapters Book Stores.
The actual reunion 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.
Museum London historical exhibition of South Street Hospital
Following the successful Celebrating South Street Hospital event during Doors Open London, Museum London is featuring a historical exhibition of "The Hospital on South Street" from October 15, 2011 to January 8, 2012. Historical photographs, medical artifacts and the stories of several current or former hospital staff, physicians and volunteers are on display to commemorate LHSC's proud history of care. Join Curator Maya Hirshman for a guided tour of the exhibition on November 17 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.museumlondon.ca.
Computers: Renewed Computer Technology (RCT), located in SoHo at 497 Grey St. are offering refurbished computers to low income learners. For more information about this opportunity please click here to go to their web site, or call 519-663-0040. What makes this business so remarkable is the fact it was started at
GA. Wheable Adult Education Centre, funded by the Ontario Trillium
Foundation.
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).
Skating In Meredith Park! The recent upgrades to Meredith Park include an ice rink! We have a committee of hardy volunteers who are going to maintain it for the skating season. Look for announcements for Family Skate Days, and come on down to enjoy a visit with your neighbours.
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
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www.blockparent.london.ca