Tag Archives: economy

LIVE: Surrey Regional Economic Summit

We’ll be liveblogging the 3rd annual Surrey Regional Economic Summit all day. Refresh for the latest updates! 8:35: [Linda Hepner] National and international issues. Go beyond the local. Mayor Watts’ idea for Summit. Focus on world’s changing economy this year. 8:38: … Continue reading

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Successful turnout at the Cloverdale Rodeo

The 63rd annual Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair proved to have yet another successful year. With a new format, and $360,000 in prize money, the Rodeo attracted over 20,000 attendees for the five performances over four days. The 120th annual Country … Continue reading

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Surrey Sustainability Charter is released

The long delayed Sustainability Charter has finally been released, rather conveniently with just over a month till the municipal elections.  The Sustainability Charter is the first document of its kind in the Lower Mainland that comprehensively addresses the issues of social, … Continue reading

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Sustainability Charter: Delayed!

Surrey has been very quietly working on a Sustainability Charter, an overarching planning document for all development in the city to meet economic, environmental, and social sustainability [aka: Surrey's version of EcoDensity]. While it had been planned to be released … Continue reading

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