Old South Business Association / Wortley Village

06/08/2026

👉 If you conduct business in Old South London, join us for our business mixer at the Idlewyld Inn & Spa Thursday‼️

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06/04/2026

➡️ THIS SATURDAY‼️

Thanks to the Old South Community Organization and the huge number of volunteers for your tremendous effort to put this special event on for the community. ❤️❤️❤️

05/12/2026

Hopefully you can join us Thursday at 4pm at The Wortley Roadhouse‼️ If not, join us by Zoom! https://tinyurl.com/May2026OSBAzoom (Agenda below)

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AGENDA ITEMS:

- REDUCING WELLINGTON ROADWORK DISRUPTION IN OLD SOUTH
(With James Scott, Construction Business Relations, City of London)

- SMALL BUSINESS CENTRE $5k GRANT & WORKSHOP
(With Juliane Ferreira, Business Advisor, SBC)

- WORTLEY BUS DISTRICT PARKING FROM 1HR TO 2HRS MAX

- BUSINESS IMPACTED BY CAR ACCIDENT @ WHARNCLIFFE & BYRON GO FUND ME
(Building was hit again. Last time was 2023. https://tinyurl.com/WharncliffeBusGoFundMe)

- GATHERING ON THE GREEN UPDATE
(Amanda Austin, committee member & Ian Leishman, OSBA Re: free tent space for businesses)

- OTHER OLD SOUTH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION UPDATES
(With Margaret Hopkins,OSCO past President)

- WARD 11 UPDATE
(With Skylar Franke, City Councillor)

- SOHO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION UPDATE
(With Mark Thomas, including Soho Soaper June 14th registration)

- OLD SOUTH BUSINESS COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE
(OSBA Forest City Music Awards sponsorship, other community events, promotions, sales events to promote / potentially collaborate with)

- ADDITIONAL ITEMS? / IDEAS? / DISCUSSION?
(Need help with advocating?)

- NETWORKING

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Mark your calendar for future events!: www.OldSouthBA.com/meetings
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Old South Community Organization Skylar Franke London Small Business Centre City of London, SoHo Community Association
www.OldSouthBA.com

03/17/2026

🗞️The Old South Business Insider is out!
https://www.oldsouthba.com/updates/march-2026-old-south-business-insider

Skylar Franke - London City Council Ward 11 Councillor
Old South Community Organization
Forest City London Music Awards
London Small Business Centre
Sidetrack Café
Black Walnut Bakery Cafe Inc.
Purdy Natural
Westland Gallery
S&T Elite Events
Hutton House Hutton House Employment Services
London Bicycle Café
Wortley Pride

Get the latest updates from the Old South Business Association's March 2026 meeting at Sidetrack Café. Includes news from local leaders, Old South London / Wortley Village events, and business updates.

03/11/2026

Hopefully you can join us Thursday *5PM* at Sidetrack Café! ☕
If not, join us by Zoom! https://tiny.url/March2026OSBAzoom
AGENDA ITEMS:

- Skylar Franke, Ward 11 City Councillor Update
- SBC "Starting a Small Business" Upcoming Seminar
- Old South Community Organization Update
- Forest City London Music Awards Old South Plans
- Old South Business Community Roundtable
(Black Walnut update, Westland Gallery move, Purdy Natural moving into Village, S&T Elite Events (New owners of the former Ballet’s Bridal & more)
- London Irish Club St. Patrick's Day Events & September Event
- Wortley Pride Update
- Late & Local Wortley Shopping Events
- South Secondary School Bike Cage Project
- Wortley Village Buskerfest
- Communications & Memberships Report
- Any current or upcoming promotions / sales events to promote?
- Additional items? / Ideas? / Discussion?
- Networking

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Sidetrack Café Old South Community Organization Skylar Franke - London City Council Ward 11 Councillor London Bicycle Café Forest City London Music Awards Purdy Natural Westland Gallery S&T Elite Events Wortley Pride

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02/10/2026

👉 If you conduct business in Old South London, join us for our business mixer at the Luan's Seafood & Grill Thursday‼️

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02/01/2026

Our hearts are full with this news‼️❤️💗❤️

🇨🇦 🇨🇦 ➡️ www.OldSouthBA.com ⬅️

Come to our grand opening 8am - 6pm.
See you there.

01/25/2026

The countown is on‼️💓

🇨🇦 🇨🇦 ➡️ www.OldSouthBA.com ⬅️

It’s about the time we make plans for something sweet. Our opening day at Wortley Village has been announced.
Any guesses on what day we thought would be “sweet, lovely and heartwarming”? 😉😍

01/06/2026

Hopefully you can join us Thursday at 4pm at The Pickle Barrel‼️ If not, join us by Zoom! https://bit.ly/Jan2026OSBAzoom (Agenda below)

Conduct business in Old South? YOU 🫵 are invited!
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AGENDA ITEMS:

- JULIANE FERREIRA: LONDON SMALL BUSINESS CENTRE
(Re: "Starting A Small Business" seminar Jan 21 & how the SMC could help your existing business)

- SKYLAR FRANKE, WARD 11 CITY COUNCILLOR UPDATE
(Ward 6 Town Hall Update, London Bicentennial plans & 2026 City of London priorities)

- ASHLEY SATCHELL, FEATHERFIELDS: "LATE & LOCAL" SHOPPING EVENTS
(Wortley businesses late night shopping events, also work on a Wortley businesses flyer for Idlewyld Inn)

- OLD SOUTH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION UPDATE
(OSCO Chili Cook Off, Community School happenings, rink on the Green, traffic calming, heritage support)

- OLD SOUTH BUSINESS AWARDS DEBRIEF
(45,574 Facebook Views Oct 15-Nov25!, 2026 plans / looking for ideas to improve)

- GARBAGE & RECYCLING COLLABORATION
(Discussion on possibly working together to be more efficient, effective and save money.)

- WORTLEY VILLAGE BUSKERFEST
(Grant Submission for returning wortleybuskerfest.com Fri, July 24th evening & Sat July 25th afternoon)

- COMMUNICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS REPORT

- ANY CURRENT OR UPCOMING PROMOTIONS / SALES EVENTS TO PROMOTE?
(New Year's promotions? Superbowl or Valentine's plans? Olympics, starting Feb 6 tie-ins?)

- ADDITIONAL ITEMS? / IDEAS? / DISCUSSION?
(Need help with advocating?

- NETWORKING

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Mark your calendar for future events!: www.OldSouthBA.com/meetings
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Old South Community Organization Skylar Franke - London City Council Ward 11 Councillor London Small Business Centre
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www.OldSouthBA.com

12/06/2025

TODAY is finally the day!! 🙌 Thank you to the long list of volunteers with Christmas in the Village for all of the selfless hard work‼️❤️❤️