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Surrey’s History

2011

First major Canadian City to host an electric vehicle charging station at City Hall

2012

Surrey was one of two Canadian Cities to win a $400,000 Smarter Cities Challenge Grant to help improve early childhood development RCMP “E” Division headquarters was relocated to the new Green Timbers facility in Surrey Surrey developed and implemented a new action plan to help better integrate immigrants and refugees The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) released its 2013 report of the ‘Top British Columbia Investment Towns’ naming Surrey at the number one spot for the fourth consecutive year The new Surrey City Hall officially opened its doors The Surrey Fusion Festival was named “Best Festival” by Special Event Magazine which recognizes the world’s top special events and the hard work of industry professionals who organize them Surrey received a 2014 Sustainable Communities Award for the ‘Rethink Waste’ Collection Program from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities City Council adopted the Green Surrey program, released the “Smart Surrey Strategy,” launched the “My Surrey App” and signed a free citywide Wi-Fi agreement Surrey launched its “Open Data Program” commitment to open, transparent and accessible government with more available data sets than any municipality in Canada The City of Surrey launched a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy recognizing biodiversity as a key foundation of a healthy, livable and sustainable community The City of Surrey adopted the Age-Friendly Strategy for Seniors Surrey named one of the Top 7 Intelligent Communities of 2015 by New York based think tank Intelligent Community Forum Mayor breaks ground at site of Surrey Biofuel Processing Facility; the first closed-loop fully-integrated organics waste management system in North America The world class FINA-certified Guildford Aquatic Centre opens to the public Surrey named top destination for starting a small business in Metro Vancouver by Vancity Credit Union Surrey becomes first city in the world to integrate “IBM Watson” technology into its “MySurrey” mobile app Surrey records $1.46 billion in new construction projects, the second highest year of development in the city’s history

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