Dispatch

Dispatch

Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead

APPOINTED Kim Mercier, executive housekeeper, Hard Rock Hotel London.

OPENED Soccer World Central, 1806 Wharncliffe Road South.

APPOINTED Brent Hodson, marketing and communications manager, Downtown London.

ANNOUNCED By the London Home Builders’ Association, winners of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement and the Mowbray Sifton Awards. Lifetime Achievement Award: Vito Frijia (Southside Construction). Mowbray Sifton Award: Sue Wastell (Wastell Homes).

ANNOUNCED By SafeSpace London, laying off of all staff and return to volunteer-run model.

PROMOTED Crystal Pazitka-Perry, to owner experience supervisor, Libro Credit Union.

ANNOUNCED By the Federal Economic Development Agency for Ontario (FedDev Ontario), $200,000 in funding for the London Children’s Museum and $130,000 in funding for the Grand Theatre as part of a $2.3 million tourism package for 23 projects across southern Ontario.

APPOINTED Kristin Nielsen (VP commercial properties, BlueStone Properties Inc.), chair, Downtown London BIA board of directors.

AWARDED Ján Mináč (Western University math professor), the 2025 Canadian Mathematical Society Jeffery-Williams prize.

APPIONTED Taylor Crncich, development officer, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.

March 725th International Women’s Day Breakfast

March 5-7The London Farm Show

March 11 & 13In-person: Summer Company Information Session

March 12Pillar Nonprofit Network: All About Boards – Spring 2025

March 13BGC London 3rd Annual Music & Meals – A Night in New Orleans

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