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• Worked in partnership with Simon Fraser
University (SFU) to formally incorporate
Innovation Boulevard as an equal
partnership between the City and SFU,
including joint commitment of close to
$1M of funding over three years.
• Helped attract $45 million in grant funding,
new companies and the creation of 17,000
square feet of embedded lab space over
the next three years. Three new health
technology products have also been taken
to market.
• In partnership with SFU and the Province,
hosted the national Applications for 3D
and Additive Manufacturing Conference
that brought together over 200
researchers, industrial designers and
3D printer manufacturing companies
to discuss the future of Additive
Manufacturing in Canada.
• Recruited Dr. Peter Payne as President
and CEO of the Health Tech Innovation
Foundation.
• Recruited Skydance Studios to Surrey.
Skydance will bring $100 million a year
for the next eight years in production
spending to Surrey and the region and
create over 400 new jobs in Surrey.
• Hosted the 2nd annual Greater Vancouver
Clean Technology Expo & Championship
that saw over 500 participants witness 32
clean technology companies compete for
a $10,000 prize. This was ultimately won
by Surrey-based company Stem Shock.
The event brought North America’s largest
clean technology angel investor network,
Element 8, to Surrey to meet with over
40 clean technology companies and
organizations over two days.
• Won the inaugural Union of BC
Municipalities (UBCM) Leadership &
Innovation Award in Agriculture for the
BioPod Initiative.
• Awarded the 2nd highest granting amount
in BC for 2016 through the Invest Canada,
Community Initiatives fund to create
Surrey’s first Foreign Direct Investment
Strategy.
• Secured Federal, Provincial and
partnership funding to conduct Surrey’s
first Labour Market Insight Study on the
Advanced Manufacturing & Innovation
Economy.
• Planned and facilitated Prime Minister
Trudeau’s visit with Mayor Hepner at
Surrey City Hall in March 2016.
Investment & Intergovernmental Relations drives economic diversification and investment attraction by
developing strategies, partnerships and programming in key sectors to enable sustainable economic growth.
Investment & Intergovernmental Relations also ensures the City’s interests are effectively communicated to
all levels of government and seeks to identify and maximize partnership opportunities with other orders of
government, educational institutions along with the public and private sectors.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Intergovernmental Relations is responsible for producing and
implementing the City’s Government Engagement Strategy. The
division advances the City’s interests with all levels of government and
identifies provincial and federal priority alignments and joint program
opportunities.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Economic Development is responsible for producing and implementing
the City’s Economic Development Strategy. The division identifies
and develops relationships with key stakeholder groups in order to
build a strong ecosystem that stimulates investment attraction, jobs
creation, entrepreneurship development and innovation. The Economic
Development section maintains current information about businesses
in Surrey, and collects and analyzes local, regional and provincial
economic data.
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