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Tag Archives: dianne watts
City Hall launches arts centre offensive
Five days after we said the performing arts centre project is dead on arrival, City Hall has proclaimed it is “moving ahead” with the facility. The Mayor’s Office announced today that is has hired Bing Thom Architects as the consultant … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Whalley
Tagged bing thom, centre, city, dianne watts, downtown, performing arts, surrey
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New performing arts centre? Don’t count on it.
One of the long standing pledges Mayor Watts has made to the community is her plan to build a 1,600 seat performing arts centre Downtown. It was first expressed in her 2008 re-election campaign and has remained on the books … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Whalley
Tagged arts centre, city centre, dianne watts, downtown, performing, surrey
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The dilemma of Dianne’s mayoralty
Call it the Dianne dilemma. Her popularity was no doubt the major catalyst for Surrey First’s sweeping victory last week. The names and resumes of all her teammates made little difference at the ballot box – if Dianne approved, so … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged city, council, dianne watts, linda hepner, mayor, surrey, tom gill
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Mayors approve funding, Surrey set to get first B-Line
Early this afternoon, Mayors representing nearly 75% of the population of Metro Vancouver voted to approve a funding supplement for transit expansion. Included in the plan is Surrey’s delayed first B-Line route, set to run between Guildford, Surrey Central, and … Continue reading
Watts’ LRT plan is MIA
Back in April at the Mayor’s annual State of the City address, Dianne Watts unveiled her latest city-building initiative: Light Rail for Surrey. Fresh off a trip from Portland, she was convinced the at-grade trains were the right solution for … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Transport
Tagged dianne watts, langley, light rail, lrt, skytrain, surrey, transit, translink, transport
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Council misstepped keeping City Hall design private
This summer, I visited Edmonton and explored their Civic Centre to get a feel for the types of facilities they’ve built to stimulate development downtown. Their pyramid topped City Hall is an architectural wonder, one that was obviously given much … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley
Tagged architecture, bc, bing thom, City Hall, design, dianne watts, edmonton, kasian, surrey
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Mayor Watts support transit expansion for Surrey
As reported on Frances Bula’s blog, Mayor Watts sent the following letter to the media in support of transit expansion. Do We Want our Region to Become Los Angeles? Let’s make one thing clear: Metro Vancouver Mayors approved a two … Continue reading