City of Surrey 2020-2024 Financial Plan

PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

• Trails and boardwalks were constructed at Colebrook Park through forests and grassland; • The Greenaway Park tennis courts were converted to 8 permanent pickleball courts; • The Civic Plaza hosted weekly activities ranging from: The Surrey Urban Farmers Market, Music on the Plaza, Plaza Daiz Thursdays and Street Dance Showcase;

• The Bear Creek Park Light Festival expanded to a 2 week-long event and had in excess of 35,000 people visit the park to experience the event; • Celebrated the 125 th anniversary of the Stewart Farmhouse in conjunction with Olde Harvest Fair, with Mayor McCallum providing opening remarks; and • Completed year 1 of Surrey CityLab in collaboration with SFU and KPU.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

• Parks designed and developed nearly 10.8 km of new trails/paths/ boardwalks, one of the most highly used passive recreational amenities; • Provided one-on-one direct support for

• 43 children received peer mentoring in 2019; • The Inaugural Leadership in Sport Forum attracted 73 community and sport organization delegates. Keynote speaker Hayley Wickenheiser helped

children with disabilities to 156 children in camps and licensed preschool programs;

provide a platform to share and collaborate going forward; and

• Secured external funding for 2 year program to address urban heat vulnerability in City Centre;

Submitted a business plan to the Province of British Columbia to expand licensed childcare services in Surrey Civic facilities.

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INFRASTRUCTURE & BUILT ENVIRONMENTS

• Reduced paid print advertising by 40% in 2019 by shifting advertising to digital and growing the e-NEWS subscriber base by 38% to over 90,000 subscribers; • The City’s main social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn) now have over 72,859 followers, with over 62,991 engagements (likes, reactions, comments) and over 3,000 questions or comments responded to; • In partnership with Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities, Parks installed a 12,000 square foot accessible and inclusive playground at Unwin Park; • Surrey Civic Theatres completed 2 phases of a 3 phase project to replace all of Surrey Arts Centre theatre’s incandescent lighting instruments with LED technology;

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