2017 Finance Annual Report

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS INVESTMENT & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT

The Investment & Intergovernmental Relations Department's programs and services include government relations, policy analysis, communications, economic policy and strategy, economic analysis, business attraction and sector development. The department also has responsibility for the following operational divisions/sections:

INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Intergovernmental Relations is responsible for producing and implementing the City’s Government Engagement Strategy. The division advances the City’s interests with all levels of government and identifies provincial and federal priority alignments and joint program opportunities.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Economic Development is responsible for producing and implementing the City’s Economic Development Strategy. The division identifies and develops relationships with key stakeholder groups in order to build a strong ecosystem that stimulates investment attraction, job creation, entrepreneurship development and innovation. The Economic Development section maintains current information about businesses in Surrey, and collects and analyzes local, regional and provincial economic data.

2 0 1 7 A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S • Launched the City’s 10 year Economic Strategy that lays the foundation for the creation of 36,200 jobs in Surrey’s priority sectors by 2025. The strategy also outlines new investment opportunities to stimulate metropolitan transformation in Surrey. • Completed the development of comprehensive Government Engagement Plan. • Established regular meetings between Mayor Hepner & Premier Horgan. • Facilitated meetings between the Mayor and Provincial Ministers. • Convened roundtable sessions between MPs and MLAs and the Mayor, Council and Senior Management. • Facilitated successful representation of municipal infrastructure needs at two Big City Mayors Caucus (BCMC) meetings and in a Federation of Canadian Municipalities presentation to the Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Ministers.

• Selected as one of six Canadian cities to participate in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Building Inclusive Green Municipalities international development project in South Africa, partnering with King Sabata Dalindyedo. • Coordinated and hosted a full day "Build Your Business 101” workshop in collaboration with Export Development Canada and Public Services & Procurement Canada to build capacity for small businesses in Surrey where over 40 businesses and organizations participated. • Innovation Boulevard was designated as BC Innovation Council’s only HealthTech accelerator, the only accelerator of its kind in Western Canada. • Hosted over 170 regional investors at the inaugural Invest Surrey Launchpad to share investment opportunities related to Surrey’s Transformation 2.0 plans. • Helped facilitate the acquisition of over $6 million from the New Building Canada Fund for upgrades to the Cloverdale Athletic Park and the Surrey Museum.

• Raised over $350,000 in grants, contribution and partnership funding from federal, provincial government and community partners for strategic initiatives. • Launched our new Invest Surrey website featuring an advanced site selector tool that allows investors to aggregate 25 datasets to analyze investments suitability of approximately 400 commercial real estate options across Surrey at any given time. The Invest Surrey website has caught international attention with its silver Centauri award in the international 2017 Vega Digital Awards competition which had over 1,500 submissions from 32 countries throughout the world. • Named as BC’s Best Place to Invest and also the top recipient in BC for federal investment attraction dollars from the Invest Canada Communities Initiative Fund. Funds were used to develop and launch the new “Invest Surrey & Partners” investment attraction and marketing platform targeting local and international audiences.

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