The Sandor Report

South of Horton (SoHo) Community Association SoHo Community Association Logo SoHo (which stands for South of Horton) is an up and coming neighbourhood just south of downtown. Our boundaries are the CN Rail tracks to the North; The Thames River marks the West & South boundaries and Adelaide St. to the east.  SoHo is surrounded by other great neighbourhoods: Old South, Woodfield, Hamilton Road, Old East Village and of course Downtown!  Renamed from St. David's Ward, the community association was put in place to assist residents and act as neighbourhood advisers for the city.  Together, a plan for the future was set in place to regenerate the neighbourhood and thus, The Roadmap to SoHo was created. Programming and Initiatives The group meets monthly during the school year on the third Wednesday of each month at  7pm  in the basement of Maple View Terrace.   Each year SoHo holds an annual yard sale, called Junk in the Trunk, in June and a ...

Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Ratepayers History Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Ratepayers' Logo The organization was formed over 30 years ago, though the history of the area dates to 1955 when developer Bill Davies began a 500 home development which promotional material declared “carved out a huge apple orchard” from farmland in the area.   This would become Orchard Park.  Five years later, the first phase of the Sherwood Forest neighbourhood began to be developed. As the neighbourhoods grew, the Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Ratepayers group was formed to promote an organized neighbourhood network to responds to developments and changes, and to present a strong unified voice with local government when representing the interests of the neighbourhood.  Issues tackled by the group over the years include supporting and maintaining existing facilities such as pools, libraries and areas, as well as raising resident concerns regarding traffic, development, zonin...