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Tag Archives: dianne watts
New details on the Cloverdale Safeway site
The old Cloverdale Mall site, which used to commercially anchor the Town Centre before becoming rundown and decrepit, has been undergoing a planning process for redevelopment. As reported last summer, the City has brought in its development division to create … Continue reading
Posted in Cloverdale, Development
Tagged Cloverdale, dianne watts, legion, mixed use, plan, redevelopment, safeway, surrey
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EXCLUSIVE: City Hall final design revealed!
Civic Surrey has obtained images from the new City Centre brochure, to be distributed to the public and media next Tuesday, when the final design for the new City Hall building will be presented. Beyond the previously announced details, City … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley
Tagged city centre, City Hall, civic centre, design, dianne watts, kasian, surrey
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City Hall unveiling June 29, breaking ground 2011
One of the most significant public infrastructure investments in the City Centre is set to be unveiled next week. The Kasian-Moriyama designed City Hall building will be revealed to the public June 29th, with an event planned at 12 noon … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley
Tagged city centre, City Hall, dianne watts, sfu, surrey
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Car crash gives Watts new perspective
Mayor Dianne Watts is slowly recovering from internal rib injuries following a car crash last month. This week was her first return into the public light after the accident. Vaughn Palmer reports that the crash has given her a new … Continue reading
Mayor Watts in serious car accident Friday
From the Surrey Leader: Mayor Dianne Watts and her husband were in a serious car accident Friday night while returning from an event. Watts and her husband Brian were traveling in Surrey at just before 11 p.m., when another car … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Transport
Tagged bc, car accident, dianne watts, injury, mayor, surrey, traffic
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Phase 2 of the Economic Action Plan released
Mayor Watts presented her annual State of the City address to the Surrey Board of Trade this afternoon. One of her major initiatives this year will be to implement the second phase of last year’s Economic Investment Action Plan, which … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged action, build, business incubator, clean energy, dcc, dianne watts, economic, fees, investment, plan, program, surrey, zones
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Globe features two stories on Surrey
The Globe and Mail has published two stories on Surrey. One, by urban critic Lisa Rauchon, describes efforts underway to urbanize our sprawled city: How Surrey accommodates an exploding population and ramps up development has enormous repercussions, not only for … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development
Tagged bing thom, city, dianne watts, frances bula, globe and mail, lisa rochon, national, news, suburb, surrey, townshift
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What are Surrey’s Major Challenges? [survey]
The Voice, an Indo-Canadian publication, recently had an interview with Councillor Bob Bose about the major issues and challenges in Surrey. Bose took issue with Mayor Watts, saying she isn’t confronting these problems: RCMP Credibility and Crime Issues Ward System … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged bc, bob bose, challenges, community, consultation, crime, Development, dianne watts, growth, issues, priorities, rcmp, secondary suites, surrey, transport
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Watts steps down as TransLink Chair – but why?
Mayor Dianne Watts has decided to step down from Chair of the Mayor’s Council of TransLink. She has been the Chair since the inception of the Mayor’s Council, part of the reshuffling of TransLink’s structure by former Transportation Minister Kevin … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged bc liberals, bid, british columbia, ceo, chair, council, dianne watts, gordon campbell, government, kevin falcon, leadership, mayor, metro vancouver, politics, premier, provincial, shirley bond, surrey, tom prendergast, translink, transport
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Watts chats with The Province
Mayor Watts met with the editorial board of The Province today to talk about her successes and plans in the City. After a brief meeting with editors, she spent half an hour taking questions from the public in a live … Continue reading →