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Tag Archives: planning
TownShift: An ideas competition for Surrey’s Town Centres
On November 2nd, 2009, the City of Surrey will launch an international design competition known as TownShift. Following in the footsteps of FormShift, a similar competition in Vancouver, TownShift will challenge planners, designers, and the general public to transform suburban … Continue reading
Posted in Cloverdale, Development, Events, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Town Centre
Tagged city building, competition, formshift, international, new urbanist, placemaking, planning, suburbia, town, townshift, urban design
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Newton Town Centre draft plan unveiled – It’s Spectacular!
Thanks to major land ownings in the area, the City of Surrey and TransLink had previously agreed to set off on a joint planning study to develop a new Neighbourhood Concept Plan to help revitalize Newton Town Centre. That planning … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Newton, Transport
Tagged brt, Development, ecodensity, festival street, green street, livable, lrt, main street, newton town centre, park, planning, surrey, sustainable, transit, translink, urban design, wave pool, ywca
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Major Official Community Plan review
The Official Community Plan, or OCP, is the main planning document guiding the vision and development of the City over the next 30 years. The plan gets a minor updates each year, and a major review every 5 – the … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Events
Tagged climate change, community, document, ocp, open house, planning, review, surrey, transport, vision
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Sustainable Architecture Series @ the Surrey Arts Centre
The Surrey Arts Centre has been holding a very unique display and outreach series for the past couple months on Sustainable Architecture. There’s three exhibitions underway, two of which end on December 21st – the other a week earlier. 41 … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Social Services, Whalley
Tagged architecture, building, design, exhibition, gallery, green, peter busby, planning, ray cole, surrey arts centre, sustainability, urban
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Parks planning open houses
Parks and Rec is holding two open houses very soon. One is for Wickson Point, and the other is for the Fleetwood Community Centre. Wickson Point On August 17, 2007, the City of Surrey took possession of 3135 and 3139 … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Events, Fleetwood, Parks and Rec, South Surrey
Tagged blackie spit, community centre, crescent beach, design, Fleetwood, parks, planning, recreation, South Surrey, wickson point
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Making the case for a Cloverdale Indoor Pool
Throughout the Cloverdale Farigrounds redevelopment planning process, there was a general understanding that a sorely needed rec facility would be built as part of the plan. However, the rec centre was generally felt to be the afterthought, and the City … Continue reading
Posted in Cloverdale, Development, Parks and Rec, Town Centre
Tagged Cloverdale, fairgrounds, indoor pool, planning, prc, recreation, redevelopment
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