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Surrey’s History
2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN
2013 The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN)
named Surrey the No. 1 spot for ‘Top British
Columbia Investment Towns’ for the fourth
consecutive year
2014 The new Surrey City Hall officially opened its
doors
The Surrey Fusion Festival was named “Best
Festival” by industry professionals
City Council adopted the Green Surrey
program, launched the “My Surrey App” and
signed a free citywide Wi-Fi agreement
2015 Construction begins on the Surrey Biofuel
Processing Facility; the first closed-loop fully-
integrated organics waste management
system in North America
The world class FINA-certified Guildford
Aquatic Centre opens to the public
Surrey named top destination for starting a
small business in Metro Vancouver by
VanCity Credit Union
Surrey becomes first city in the world to
integrate “IBM Watson” technology into its
“MySurrey” mobile app
2016 Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, the
second FINA-certified aquatic facility, opens
to the public.
Surrey's state of the art Operations Centre
opens
Surrey is named one of the Top 7 Intelligent
Communities in the World for the second
consecutive year
In partnership with Metro Vancouver
Regional Parks, Surrey Bend Regional Park
opens to the public
2014—New City Hall opens its doors
2015— named Top Destination
for Small Business by VanCity
2016— Grandview Heights opens
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