City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

INVESTMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Continue to support City departments in securing funding under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program and other Federal and Provincial funding programs to support projects including the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain Extension, new community culture and recreation infrastructure projects and green infrastructure projects.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• Develop and execute a Post COVID-19 Economic Roadmap to guide Surrey’s plans to emerge stronger after the pandemic is over; • Expand on Surrey Makes PPE program to unlock additional market opportunities for local businesses to pivot and pursue; • Explore the “Future of Work” to assess future trends in commercial, retail and office space requirements in downtown cores; • Establish an Investment Intelligence Advisory Group with federal, provincial, and industry stakeholders for Surrey’s priority and emerging sectors; • Conduct strategic outreach and workshops with Metro Vancouver

as the premier brand for Surrey business market intelligence;

• Continue to provide leadership and guidance in supporting the Regional Economic Prosperity Advisory Committee (“REPAC”) to prioritize investment attraction activities that add value to Surrey’s metropolitan transformation; • Stimulate local spending by leveraging Surrey’s 600,000 residents as a market opportunity to expand buy local efforts such as Store to Door; and • Build the existing network of relationships within the Federal and Provincial government in order to strengthen advocacy efforts for funding and other support to meet Surrey’s needs.

office-based businesses to educate them on Surrey City Centre’s value proposition; Pilot digital SparkBIZ Academy as a centralized hub for capacity building content to support local businesses succeed in a post-pandemic environment; Launch Surrey EconomIQ

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City of Surrey | 2021—2025 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | Investment & Intergovernmental Relations

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