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Jun. 23, 2021 / Gordon Price

Surrey Survey for Savvy Citizens

The City of Surrey launched the third phase of public engagement today for the new Surrey transportation plan. Between June…
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Jun. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

Reimagining Surrey City Centre – Jun 15

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and SFU Public Square are hosting “Beyond COVID: Reimagining Our City Centres!”  Sign…
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Dec. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Why the housing crisis won’t be solved in Vancouver

At Vancouver City Hall, December 18: Vancouver council approved a contentious rezoning application to build a five-storey rental building at…
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Apr. 19, 2019 / Colin Stein

Still Time to Give Feedback on Surrey-Langley Skytrain

TransLink sums it all up in two conveniently tweet-able sentences: Public engagement is a key component of rapid transit planning.…
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Jan. 16, 2019 / Colin Stein

South of Fraser Rail Proposal Includes Salvo Fired at Surrey’s McCallum

Former Township of Langley Mayor Rick Green is advocating for 99km of passenger rail to connect Surrey to Chilliwack. In…
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Nov. 09, 2018 / Colin Stein

SFU: Want More Skytrain? Do the Numbers (Part II)

Yesterday’s post about the Vancouver Sun op-ed by Alex Boston scraped the surface of what could comprise an effective business case for…
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Nov. 08, 2018 / Colin Stein

SFU: Want More Skytrain? Do the Numbers (Part I)

This week, Alex Boston, the Executive Director of the Renewable Cities program at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue,…
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Sep. 25, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: Surrey (Part II)

There was a time when Surrey was the butt of jokes. No more. As we read in Part I of…
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Sep. 24, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: Surrey (Part I)

This year, despite the oxygen taken up by Vancouver’s municipal election, Surrey’s race is just as interesting — highly partisan, complex…
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May. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Peacocks Muster in Surrey Neighbourhood

If you’ve ever travelled to India, Sri Lanka, Java or Myanmar, you may have stayed in a place that had…
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Feb. 26, 2018 / michaelkluckner

Golfing and Sprawling in the Hazelmere

[Jenelle Schneider / PNG] Golf and country-residential go together like bears and garbage cans. The Morgan Creek development of recent…
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Jan. 25, 2018 / Gordon Price

Panel on Surrey: The Future Lives Here – Feb 7

The Future Lives Here! – A Panel on the Future of Surrey as envisioned by UBC Master of Urban Design Program…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Bob Williams Lecture: Why Surrey is the Future of BC

Regret missing this lecture co-presented by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, SFU Urban Studies, and SFU City Program.  Fortunately…
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Sep. 28, 2017 / Gordon Price

Lecture: Why Surrey is the Future of BC – Oct 4

Historically, Surrey has been talked about derisively and condescendingly as a suburb on the margins with questionable urban planning decisions.…

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