COS Financial Plan 2018 - 2022

INVESTMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

 Recently launched Invest Surrey website that 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;  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;  City of Surrey was 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

 Completed the development of a 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 Canadian Municipalities presentation to the Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Ministers;  Raised over $350,000 in grants, contribution and partnership funding from federal, provincial government and community partners for strategic initiatives; Big City Mayors Caucus (BCMC) meetings and in a Federation of

the new “Invest Surrey & Partners” investment attraction and marketing platform targeting local and international audiences;

Mayor Hepner speaking at State of the City

the future lives here.

2018-2022 Financial Plan

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