Category Archives: Cloverdale

The Cloverdale Recreation Centre is now open! [pics]

The Cloverdale Recreation Centre is finally open to the public! Although this is technically the “soft open”, meaning not all facilities are quite set up and the facility is operating on reduced hours (8am-8pm), go on down to 62 Ave … Continue reading

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Help shape Surrey’s Cultural Plan

The City is putting together a new Cultural Plan and they want your input! The plan will evaluate existing arts and heritage facilities in Surrey, examine the feasibility of new cultural space for South Surrey, examine the phase two expansions … Continue reading

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Province could send failed BC Place casino to Surrey

The proposed casino expansion at BC Place is facing increasing criticism from community activists in Vancouver, leaving the Province to consider moving the project to Surrey if it fails to pass Vancouver City Council next month. The 1,500 slot, 150 … Continue reading

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Shannon Hall to be replaced by hotel?

According to community members who have been briefed by the City, the Cloverdale Fairgrounds will begin a major transformation in the next few months. With the Cloverdale Recreation Centre wrapping up completion, and set to open to the public shortly, … Continue reading

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City seeks to build 10,000 seat stadium in Cloverdale

Earlier last month, the City sent out a “request for expressions of interest and statements of qualifications” in regards to the construction, financing, and operation of a stadium-like facility at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. According to the request, the City is … Continue reading

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Museum expansion may be forthcoming

The Friends of the Surrey Museum and Archives Society, which has raised millions of dollars in support of the City’s Museum, is pressuring the City to incorporate the Museum’s planned Phase 2 expansion into the Build Surrey capital infrastructure program. … Continue reading

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City studying introduction of streetcar in Cloverdale

The City will spend the next six months to study the introduction of a streetcar to service historic Cloverdale. An initiative pursued by the Cloverdale BIA in the early 2000′s, the business group purchased historic streetcar #30 from Saanich in … Continue reading

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