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PUBLIC HOUSING: Project seeks help from community in donating plants and shrubs By KATE DUBINSKI, The London Free Press http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/05/20/14025651.html A public housing high-rise in London's SOHO neighbourhood is trying to improve its curb appeal and is asking for the public's help. The London and Middlesex Housing Corp., which runs the building at 241 Simcoe St., just west of Wellington Rd. and south of Horton St., has partnered with Communities in Bloom to beautify the landscape. "Public housing has never been known for its curb appeal and we want to change that, but it takes money," said Ugo Filice, CEO and general manager of the housing corporation. "It's important to have places that look nice, but we're not a private company that can direct partial resources to landscaping. We're more focused on bricks and mortar." Because the housing corporation has a limited budget for items like plants and shrubs, it would like gardeners who are cleaning up their gardens and dividing their perennials this spring to consider donating greenery to Simcoe St. "The SOHO community wants a site that's pleasing to the eye, and our tenants want that, too," Filice said. "If this works, we can target other sites as well. We just don't have tons of money to throw at it." The corporation has hired a Fanshawe College landscape design student to design, prepare, plant and tend to the beds with the tenants. Try Recycling is donating mulch and compost to the project. The soil around the building hasn't been tilled and hasn't been planted, so there's a lot of work to be done. "We want to have a place that neighbours can say is not just public housing, it's nice public housing. We do a good job on the inside, but we haven't had the resources for the outside and we want to change the curb appeal," Filice said. Filice said the corporation launched the appeal for donations just before the May long weekend, knowing gardeners will be in their back and front yards working away. "We want people to keep us in mind," he said. Business Achievement Awards Small Business of the Year! Congratulations to the entire TRY Team on being named the 2010 London Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards Small Business of the Year! On March 24, 2010 at the annual Business Achievement Awards Gala at the London Convention Centre, TRY Recycling Incorporated was named winner in the Small Business of the Year category. Jim Graham, CEO and Owner of TRY Recycling Incorporated accepted this prestigious award in front of over 1,000 members of the London business community. Accompanied by members of the TRY Team, Mr. Graham thanked the Team, our loyal customers, and the London business community for their recognition and for supporting an organization that is dedicated to the environmental well being of the local community and beyond! A special congratulations goes out to the other finalists in the Small Business of the Year category: Black Fly Beverage Company, Echidna Solutions and London X-Ray Associates.

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