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Category Archives: City Hall
Election candidates announced!
The deadline for candidacy for local office in Surrey has ended. Here’s the preliminary list of candidates for Mayor, Council, and School Board. Candidates can be legally challenged or can withdraw from the race for the next week. Mayor Viramjit … Continue reading
Tell government your budget priorities
The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has been touring the province to ask residents about their priorities for the 2012 Budget and is about to make its way to Surrey! The committee will hold a public meeting … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Events, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Whalley
Tagged bc, budget, funding, government, surrey
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Former city staffer to run for Council as independent
As reported by the Surrey Leader, the man who coined the phrase “City of Parks” will be running as an independent for a seat on City Council. Paul Griffin, the former general manager of communications, emphasized his independence from developers … Continue reading
Demand mayors to pass new transit on Oct 7
The future of TransLink and its latest plans for transit expansion will come to a head this week when a supplemental funding package comes to the Mayor’s Council for its final vote. The funding plan consists of a 2 cent … Continue reading
SCC completes slate without mayoral candidate
The Surrey Civic Coalition has nominated a full slate of candidates for Council and School Board, albeit without a mayoral challenger to Dianne Watts. The party’s decision clearly recognizes the popularity of the mayor and the inability for a candidate … Continue reading
Editor Paul Hillsdon running for School Board
Hey there readers of Civic Surrey! I, Paul Hillsdon, the creator of this site, will be running for Surrey School Board in the November municipal elections. As some of you may know, I ran back in 2008 for City Council … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Election
Tagged bc, education, election, municipal, november, paul hillsdon, school board, surrey
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Metro Vancouver Codifying Business Parks in Surrey
One of the things that I find very interesting in the new Metro Vancouver regional growth strategy is the inclusion of a regional zone called “Mixed-Employment”. This is basically code for business park. According to the new growth strategy: Mixed … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, South Surrey, Whalley
Tagged bc, design, Development, metro vancouver, planning, surrey
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