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Tag Archives: civic
Submit your nominations for new City Awards
2011 will be the inaugural year for the City Awards, a new program designed to showcase urban excellence in Surrey. With five different awards, the categories will recognize the contributions of citizens, community groups, businesses and developers to the City: NewCity … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Development, Environment, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, Social Services, South Surrey, Whalley
Tagged award, bc, beautification, civic, design, Development, emissions, energy, Environment, surrey
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Civic Surrey has been running for roughly two years now. I started it as a homage to some of my favourite niche blogs. In 2008, I was learning a lot about Surrey and developments in the City Centre area, yet … Continue reading
City embraces social media [poll]
In the past six months, and in particular since the spring, the City has made great strides in embracing social media as a tool to inform and engage residents. Social media, that fabulous democratizing phenomenon that you are experiencing as … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Library
Tagged adoption, bc, blog, civic, department, Events, facebook, government, Library, municipal, politician, social media, surrey, twitpic, twitter, vancouver
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Design for City Centre Library revealed [pics]
According to The Province, a preliminary design for the new City Centre Library was presented to City Council on Monday. The library is being designed by Bing Thom Architects, the firm behind the Central City Tower. Here’s what Council saw:
Posted in Development, Library, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged city centre, civic, Library, stimulus, surrey, Whalley
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SCC renewal underway
The left-wing Surrey Civic Coalition, which managed to elect Bob Bose to council and Laurie Larsen and Ijaz Chatha to school board in November, recently changed leadership at the top. At the SCC AGM, 22 year old polisci student Stephanie … Continue reading
Civic candidates for November 15th
The list of the City’s civic candidates for the municipal elections has been released. Mayor Watts, Dianne (Surrey First) Weisenberger, Murray Councillor Bhandari, Jag Bose, Bob (SCC) Gill, Rina (SCC) Gill, Tom (Surrey First) Hepner, Linda (Surrey First) Hillsdon, Paul … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged bc, board, candidates, civic, education, election, municipal, surrey, surrey education team, surrey first, trustee, vote
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City is seeking Artists!
The City of Surrey recently put out a call for artists under two separate projects: The design and production of a medallion that will be handed out during the Surrey Civic Treasures Awards The design of 9 banners that “Celebrate … Continue reading