City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

PARKS, RECREATION & CULTURE

EDUCATION & CULTURE • $528,750 was invested in 104 different not-for-profit cultural organizations that support the production and presentation of cultural programming in Surrey; • The Surrey Nature Centre delivered more than 30 virtual school programs to Surrey classrooms in 2020; • The Urban Forest Stewardship team developed resources for outdoor learning to support Surrey teachers with the delivery of environmental education programming and curriculum; • 457,600 was invested in 87 different not-for-profit cultural organizations that support the production and presentation of cultural programming in Surrey; • Fusion Festival Cultural Video Series was introduced during ‘Culture Days’ and featured 30 interactive cultural videos highlighting food, music and culture; • Surrey Civic Theatres established a Digital Stage in response to the COVID -19 pandemic. Twenty professional performing arts presentations were featured with over 8,000 views; campaign to encourage individual and family group activities on litter picking and beautification, rather than the approach of large multiple household cleanup events from the previous year. This shift was very successful – participation, engagement metrics, and impact all increased as a result. This strategic approach to Love Where You Live will be repeated in

• The Museum of Surrey successfully partnered with Semiahmoo First Nation to open the Nation’s first Surrey exhibition “I am Semiahmoo / I am Survivor of the Flood”; • The Museum of Surrey won the British Columbia Museums Association award for Outstanding Achievement in community engagement from the Being Punjabi: Unfolding the Surrey Story exhibition and follow-up programming; • Surrey Archives launched COVID-19 Acquisitions campaign to document the pandemic in Surrey and its communities. As of December 2020, approximately 300 items have been acquired; • Installation of four new Heritage Storyboards (Remembering the Komagata Maru, 1881 Town Hall & Anniedale School, Anderson Cabin and Elgin Natural Habitat, were accomplished; and • Surrey Archives had a record-breaking year for use of its online resources, including nearly 200,000 searches on its online database, an increase of 85%. subsequent year’s campaigns. In 2020, over 75 community cleanups were organized, and over 134 individuals committed to the 20- minute challenge. 208 kilometers of Surrey roads were cleaned every week and waste from 7,459 illegal dumping sites were removed. Additionally, more than 10,000 trees and bulbs have been planted.

City of Surrey | 2021—2025 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | Parks, Recreation, & Culture

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