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Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Neighbourhood Association is a London, Ontario, Canada based neighbourhood organization serving the Orchard Park and Sherwood Forest areas of London. The area is approximately bounded on the west by Wonderland Road, Sarnia Road on the South, Gainsborough Road to the North, the University of Western Ontario and the Medway Valley.

Neighborhood Events and Mid-April News

Medway Valley Heritage Forest

The second part of the Master Plan is starting April 27th. Several neighborhood residents are on a committee the City is leading to come up with options for trails including new ones or trail closures. Your comments on what you see as the future for our part of the Valley are welcomed.

At this year’s AGM on May 25th, representatives from the City will be providing the community with an update on the Master Plan process. There is also an open house being held by the city at the Museum of Archeology on June 1st starting at 5:30 pm to provide an update on the process. It is unclear at this point, but we think the city is still looking at a new Creek crossing for bikes, pedestrians and city maintenance equipment.

Friends of Medway Creek Community Day – Saturday, May 6

The Friends of Medway Creek are having a
Community Day Event on May 6th.

Garage Sale Day – Saturday, June 17 – 8:00 a.m.-Noon

See information on the Orchard Park & Shewrwood Forest 2017 garage sale day

Annual BBQ and AGM

This year’s BBQ and AGM are on Thursday, May 25, 6:00 pm at Orchard Park Public School. Encourage your neighbours to attend, especially anyone who has moved into the area since last May. In addition to an update on the Medway, there will be a presentation from the London Police about avoiding break ins and fraud, and an update on the tender for the sale of part of the lands of the former Sherwood Forest School site.

Age Friendly London Network Meeting

Meeting of the Network to review and endorse the new Action Plan.
Tuesday, May 30, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Kiwanis Seniors Community Centre, 78 Riverside Dr.
Free Parking

April News

Bus Rapid Transit

This has been in the news a lot lately. Councillor Squire is co-hosting an information session at the downtown library on April 12. It is expected to be well attended so sign up in advance if you wish to attend.
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More March News

For Seniors

The Celebrating Seniors Series runs every 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Sherwood Forest Branch Library from 2 to 3 pm.

There is a Francophone Senior’s Group at the Cherrryhill Library every Friday from 1 to 3 pm.

There is a seniors Current Events Discussion Group at the Masonville Library every Thursday from 1:30 to 3:30 until May 18th.

City is Looking for your Input

RANKED BALLOT: You can give feedback on this question either through the survey or to Councillor Squire (psquire@london.ca)

There is also a public participation meeting at city hall on Saturday, April 22 at 11 am on the topic. Anyone can attend to speak to all members of Council on this matter. If you can’t make the meeting but want to have members of council get your message, you can include a letter on the meeting agenda if you get it to csaunder@london.ca by 9 AM April 13th

STRENGTHENING NEIGHBOURHOODS STRATEGY: There are a number of open houses on this topic between March 28 and 30th, including one at Medway Arena on the 29th from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Go to the engage London site for other times and locations. There is also an on line survey and comment form. City staff are looking for your comments by March 31.

Input on Two City Items

The City of London is looking for your input on two matters.

Ranked ballot

The City is exploring the option to use Ranked Choice Voting (a ranked ballot system) for the 2018 Municipal Election.
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Sherwood Forest Park and Museum of Ontario Archaeology

Sherwood Forest Park

A delegation from the neighbourhood and Councillor Squire met last week with City staff last week. This was in follow up to a recent report to City Council from City Staff on progress to date on the housing development planned for part of the former Sherwood Forest School site. There were no successful responses to the RFP (Request for Proposals), therefore the City staff recommended going forward with a tender. We want to be sure that a community representative will be involved in the tendering process.
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