City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

PARKS, RECREATION & CULTURE

EDUCATION & CULTURE

• Develop nature education resources to support early years staff in City and private daycares and preschool programs to expand outdoor learning for children in an environmentally sensitive manner by Q4 2021; • Strawberry Hill Hall completion with launch of programming in Spring/ Summer 2021; • Renovation of the caretaker house at • Open the Clayton Community Centre in 2021 with space that supports performing and visual arts learning and presentations; • Six Anti-racism and Indigenous workshops will be offered at Museum of Surrey for residents; Crescent Park to establish a community ceramics studio;

• Installation of four heritage features at Strawberry Hill Hall, Pillath House, Bear Creek Park, and on the main street in downtown Cloverdale; Expand online opportunities at Museum of Surrey with two new virtual exhibitions and a virtual Metis BC celebration; • Travelling Exhibition from University of Waterloo – Women Trailblazers of Canada – to be featured at Museum of Surrey from June until September; • Shake up! A partnership exhibition with Museum of Anthropology to open at Museum of Surrey in February; and • Bees! feature exhibition opened in partnership with Honeybee Centre at Museum of Surrey, Fall 2020. •

HEALTH & WELLNESS

• Leisure Access Program applications are being processed centrally though phone, email and Microsoft Teams meetings. A new feature will be rolled out in Q1 of 2021, where LAP applications can be submitted online. This will add yet another way to apply for the program and reduce any barriers residents are facing due to limited facility access; • Continue engaging with seniors on the phone and outreach through the Seniors Without Walls Program; • Provide youth engagement programs and activities virtually. Youth engagement drop-in is occurring online wherein youth, community partners and internal city partners are connecting and celebrating through online activities; • Provide online live streaming fitness videos to our residents to stay connected and engaged while staying at home; and • Expand and enhance outdoor programs to improve residents’ access to Community and Recreation Services opportunities.

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

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