Tag Archives: history

A blast from the past about long range planning. Future Surrey 1996

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Nathan Pachal

One of the neat things on the Internet is the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. It allows you to look at the evolution of websites. I was looking at Surrey’s 1998 website and found a document called Future Surrey. … Continue reading →

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Surrey’s City Centre needs to be more focused

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Nathan Pachal

Surrey’s 5.61 square kilometre City Centre plan was first adopted in 1991 and through that decade the transformation of the area was meagre at best. Since the original plan was passed 20 years ago, it has become apparent that the … Continue reading →

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Holland Park becoming Surrey’s gathering place

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

It was only two years ago when Holland Park was first unveiled as the City’s “premier urban park”. Since then, it has grown to become a concrete example of the new image the City is adopting as a progressive, forward-thinking, … Continue reading →

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