History

A Brief History of Aurora Village Co-op

 On December 22, 1981, Aurora Village Co-op purchased the Henderson Drive property and shortly thereafter construction began.

Despite numerous delays in zoning conflicts, design approval and other irregularities, the townhouses were ready for occupancy in August 1982 and final construction wasn�t due for completion until October 1982. Unfortunately, the garden homes and apartments were not completed until November and December of 1982.

This created undue hardship for many new co-op members as they had already given move out notices to their former landlords. Subsequently, these new co-op members had to arrange for alternative accommodation with family and friends.

In the true co-op spirit, townhouse members rallied together by storing furniture and personal belongings for those awaiting completion of their dwellings. In some cases, even members themselves were housed until their own units were ready in October and November of 1982.

The initial job tackled by this adventurous group was the arduous task of landscaping the property as construction debris lay everywhere. They cleared the grounds, spread topsoil, laid sod, planted trees and shrubs and arranged patio stones. Assistance was also provided by Chadwick Co-op who provided tools and Frazier Heights Co-op who generously gave fifteen loads of surplus topsoil from their own landscaping initiative. The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada also made special funds available to assist us in overcoming our construction difficulties.

This ambitious endeavour allowed Aurora Village Co-op to experience first hand that when you are part of the Co-op family, you are never alone. Here we are over 24 years later still sharing, caring, learning and growing.

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Do you want to know more about Aurora Village Coop? Read the Handbook.

Aurora Village Handbook (You must have Microsoft Word to read the Handbook)

Interested to become part of the HISTORY of Aurora Village Coop?  Why don't you go to Aurora Village Portal and provide details of your profile and append your photo!

 go to this URL       http://www.i-neighbors.org

Then enter the Postal Code for our neighbourhood L4G when prompted.