Category Archives: Cloverdale

City seeks to build 10,000 seat stadium in Cloverdale

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

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 →

Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Parks and Rec | Tagged arena, bc, Cloverdale, convention, fairgrounds, stadium, surrey | 1 Comment

Museum expansion may be forthcoming

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

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

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

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 →

Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Heritage, Transport | Tagged bc, Cloverdale, historic, rail, streetcar, surrey | 3 Comments

City spends $3M to relocate heritage rail to Cloverdale

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

For the past decade, a dedicated group of rail enthusiasts having been working diligently to realize their dream of bringing back the historic Interurban to Surrey. Since 2003, the Fraser Valley Heritage Rail Society has dedicated over $480,000 worth of … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Heritage, Transport | Tagged 1225, bc, bcer, Cloverdale, fvhrs, historic, interurban, sullivan, surrey, Transport | Comments Off

Two major greenway projects in 2011

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

In addition to the major bicycle pathways expansion program introduced in 2009 as part of the Federal Stimulus program, two more projects are set to begin in 2011 that will continue to connect communities to Surrey’s growing greenways network. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloverdale, Environment, Fleetwood, Parks and Rec, South Surrey | Tagged bc, bike, Cloverdale, cyclist, Fleetwood, greenway, network, South Surrey, surrey | Comments Off

New details on Cloverdale Mall’s “West Village”

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

Barely weeks away from the demolition of the old Cloverdale Mall, new details are beginning to emerge on the urban village project that will be built in its place. Tentatively titled Cloverdale West Village, the master planned community will be … Continue reading →

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Visualizing growth: Cloverdale

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

This is the fourth post in our decade-end retrospective visualizing urban growth in the City. This post examines the neighbourhood of West Cloverdale. I actually lived in one of the older CMHC homes in the community back in 1998, one of … Continue reading →

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