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Aug. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Fresh Crème in the Southern Tier

Shaughnessy? Arbutus? Kerrisdale? Point Grey? Nope.   Welcome to South Surrey. As Surrey transforms into a major metropolitan hub, it…
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Jun. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Winners: Surrey’s PARKit Design Challenge

Background on the PARKit Design Challenge here. The winning design submission is Gingham Style, and the team of Liz Nguyen and Mike…
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Mar. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Urban Design Challenge: Surrey’s PARKit

From the Parks Planning & Design section at the City of Surrey: . 2014 PARKit Design Challenge We are pleased to…
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Mar. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

SFU City Conversation: Surrey’s Transit Needs, and the Transit Referendum – Mar 6

When: Mar 6, 2014 at 5:45 PM Where: Room 3270, SFU’s Surrey Campus . City Conversations comes to SFU Surrey’s Open…
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Feb. 07, 2014 / Gordon Price

Symposium: Rethinking the Region – Mar 1

 From SFU Urban Studies: Is it true that “what’s good for Surrey is good for Vancouver”? This Saturday workshop digs…
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Dec. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

What would Commercial Drive look like with Surrey parking standards?

It would look like this: . As opposed to this, with existing parking: . Matt Taylor took the City of…
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Nov. 26, 2013 / Gordon Price

Climate Action and Sustainability in Surrey

From Anna Mathewson, Surrey’s Manager of Sustainability: Surrey Council last night approved the Community Climate Action Strategy, both a mitigation and adaptation…
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Nov. 07, 2013 / Gordon Price

What the ‘Yes’ side is up against – 2

The first part of this conversation between two friends, one in Vancouver, the other in White Rock, started here.   And…
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Nov. 07, 2013 / Gordon Price

What the ‘Yes’ side is up against …

… if it hopes to win the transit referendum.  From a friend of a friend in White Rock: . WHITE ROCK…
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Oct. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

A Tale of Two Centres: Transit is the Key

My latest Business in Vancouver column: Building better Metro Vancouver transit is the key to revitalizing the region’s major malls…
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Oct. 07, 2013 / Gordon Price

How to Measure a Healthy City

Here’s an actual formula, as developed by Don Luymes, the Manager of Community Planning for the City of Surrey: .…
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Sep. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

Separation in Surrey

tybuilding on the Skyscraper Pages posted pics that prove Vancouver isn’t the only place trying out new forms of separation:…
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Sep. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

Fantasy TOD: How Developers Market Transit

TOD is Transit-Oriented Development – a term used more in the States than here. Technically: “… a mixed-use residential and commercial…
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Jul. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

SFU City Program: Surrey Transportation

SFU and CITY OF SURREY TRANSPORTATION LECTURE PROGRAM  This course is a comprehensive introduction to transportation in the Lower Mainland…

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