Sherwood Forest School Site
The change to the zoning of the school site was not appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board.
Category: Medway Valley
November News
161 Windermere Road
Our friends on the other side of the Medway Valley are asking for your support. There is a planning application that will be heard for this address on November 18, 2014, at 7:00 p.m at City Hall in the Council Chambers, 3rd Floor. This is a site adjacent to a high cliff of the Creek and the Environmentally Significant Area that is the Medway Valley. The application includes a stormwater management facility that appears to allow water to run down this cliff, likely resulting in erosion and potential negative impacts on the Creek. Also troubling is that the applicant has asked for what is called a special provision in the Environmentally Significant Area to permit structures (such as a gazebo, benches, chairs, fire/bbq pit, etc.) within these lands. As the City is trying hard to stop people from encroaching into Environmentally Significant Areas, this would be the absolutely wrong message to send.
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Upcoming Events
Medway Walk – Sunday, September 28
Come for a walk-through and litter clean-up of our adopted area of the Medway Valley Environmentally Significant Area (ESA). Families are welcome to join as the walk will be at a leisurely pace. A biologist who lives in our neighbourhood will help us to understand and appreciate our beautiful valley.
When: Sunday Sept 28th, 2014. 1:30 pm ( for approx. 1-2 hours)
Where: Meet at the Ramsay Road entrance to the Valley located between the Precious Blood Monastery and Brescia College
Neighborhood News – May 2014
Sherwood Forest School Site – Community Planning Meeting
Please be sure to come out to the second community planning exercise for the Sherwood Forest School site. The session will be held Wednesday, May 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Brescia University College, in the new Clare Hall, Mercato Room. If you can’t make the meeting, comments can be sent to the City of London attention Brian Turcotte at bturcott@london.ca
Medway Valley ESA
Join us on our introductory walk-through of the Medway ESA {Environmentally Significant Area} that we have adopted!
A city of London Ecologist, Ms. Linda McDougall, will accompany us to point out areas of interest and answer your questions. We are planning a ‘Buckthorn Busting’ event for June too. Come along and learn how to be good stewards of our beautiful valley.
Friends of Medway Creek Newsletter
The Friends of Medway Creek newsletter for Winter 2014 is now available.
Orchard Park / Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association 