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New city hall and civic centre

COS City Centre Brochure_FINAL HI RES PROOF

Cloverdale Rec Centre

I have just come across some updated images of the current Cloverdale rec centre under construction.

Transit Idea

So I like to screw around on google maps all the time to play with ideas. I have work on a couple possibilities what South of the fraser should look to do. I have come across one I am particularly fond of and thought I would share. Do note i tried to make it easy for it to be done. I didnt want it to be and over done.

Its an LRT route
At first it would start with right of way lanes on 104 from Guildford to Central. Then it would travel down King George between Central and Newton. Then it would use the old interurban lines for a line out to Cloverdale and Langley from Newton

I look forward to any feed back on this

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Update: Berezan Towers and New casinos

The surrey leader just put out a artical about the proposed casinos for surrey plus it had a minor update about the berezan towers in it

Two huge casinos are headed to Surrey council for consideration, possibly within the next month.

One is being brought forward by builder Bob Cheema, who is planning a convention centre, hotel and casino at 8 Avenue and 168 Street.

The $150-million proposal includes a 200-suite hotel and 800-seat convention centre along with the casino.

Cheema said that even if the casino application is rejected, he plans to go ahead with the hotel and convention centre.

The other casino is being planned as part of a much larger project by developer Ralph Berezan, who announced a huge highrise development just before the 2008 election.

“It’s morphed a bit,” Berezan said of the project slated to be built near the SkyTrain terminus at 100 Avenue and King George Boulevard (formerly Highway). “I think we originally had six buildings, now it’s down to five.”

The $1.4-billion project would include four million square feet of space for a convention centre, shopping plaza, office space and a casino.

“It’s a 15-year program, at least five or six phases,” Berezan said Monday. “So it’s not like we’d be doing that in five minutes.”

He described the casino as being the scope and scale of Richmond’s River Rock Casino and Resort.

Like Cheema, Berezan said the rest of the project will move forward with or without a casino.

However, without it, he said it will likely proceed at a slower pace.

“Right now, a big portion of this project is office (space),” Berezan said.

He’s aware of Cheema’s application and acknowledges that casino approval is up to the province.

That said, he believes his proposal is best positioned to host a casino.

“The way I look at it, you’d want your casino to be in a more populated area rather than an unpopulated area,” Berezan said. “I think that’s up to the provincial authorities to make that decision.”

Berezan confesses having a bit of jitters over developing such a huge project in this economy.

“It’s a little scary,” he said. “There’s still a lot of speculation when you spend all this money, you never really know how your going to end up.”

Berezan said he has three projects in the works where he’s already spent more than $10 million apiece, all of which is his own money.

There’s a pragmatic reason for that, he said.

“I’m scared to put debt on something when I don’t know what’s going on,” he said. “More or less we’re just trying to move forward.”

Cheema had scheduled a public information meeting at Hazelmere Golf Course Monday night for his project.

He stresses that the casino portion is only about “20 per cent of the project.”

The main feature, he notes, is the convention facility, which he says is long overdue for this city.

Some of the meeting rooms, he said, will be sound-proofed, so they can be used for the movie industry.

He believes there’s only a “10-per-cent chance” the province will award this city a gaming licence at all.

But he believes his location is superior to that of Berezan’s.

“Do you see anywhere a casino in downtown?” Cheema asked. “You’ve got enough issues in downtown for God sakes.”

Both projects are heading to council before the city’s gaming committee has met to discuss proposed changes to the gaming policy.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/Casino_plans_due_before_council.html

Olympic music line up

As of December 1, 2009The Line Up

BLUE RODEO

THE SAM ROBERTS BAND

RANDY BACHMAN

54-40

TOKYO POLICE CLUB

WINTERSLEEP

SERENA RYDER

HOT HOT HEAT

CORB LUND

JULLY BLACK

KS MAKHAN

DAN MANGAN

DOC WALKER

DUSTIN BENTALL

THE ARKELLS

MOTHER MOTHER

HEY OCEAN!

MARIANAS TRENCH

TWO HOURS TRAFFIC

INWARD EYE

WIDE MOUTH MASON

IRISH DESCENDANTS

ODDS

ALEX CUBA

JIM BYRNES & THE SOJOURNERS

HEY ROSETTA!

FIVE ALARM FUNK

DELHI 2 DUBLIN

JETS OVERHEAD

CURRENT SWELL

WIL

GOH BALLET

EN KARMA

TURANGA ARARAU KAPA HAKA

LANGLEY UKELELE ENSEMBLE

LEEROY STAGGER

AGNOSTIC MOUNTAIN GOSPEL CHOIR

RYAN DAHLE

BEND SINISTER

Skyline growth over the years

These images where taking from
civicsurrey

New City Centre concepts

I have just come across some city centre concepts

celebration site lay out

SFU Expansion on its way

For Immediate Release
2009ALMD0054-000753
December 11, 2009
Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development
Industry Canada

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON SFU-SURREY EXPANSION

SURREY – Dave S. Hayer, MLA for Surrey-Tynehead, joined Simon Fraser University representatives today to officially mark the start of construction of the $10-million Podium 2 expansion of the SFU-Surrey campus. The project will create up to 64 direct jobs.

“Surrey has evolved into one of British Columbia’s most dynamic and energetic municipalities, making it one of the best places to live, work and raise a family,” said Hayer. “We can all be proud that Surrey residents have this calibre of education right here in our own backyard. It’s the strong relationship between our governments that make job-creating projects like this possible.”

“The Knowledge Infrastructure Program provides an opportunity for effective partnerships between the provincial and the federal government during this time of economic crisis”, said Dona Cadman, MP for Surrey North. “The solid co-operative efforts to deepen support for post-secondary education will bring lasting benefits for all Canadians.”

This $10-million investment by the provincial and federal governments allows SFU to upgrade and renovate over 5,000 square metres of additional space in the Podium 2 development and over 300 square metres in the Central City complex.

“Expanding SFU’s facilities means more educational opportunities for Surrey students,” said Stephanie Cadieux, MLA for Surrey-Panorama. “This project also provides local residents the chance to live and learn closer to home.”

“This project ensures SFU-Surrey continues to be an exciting place of higher learning, creativity and innovation, which is great news for students, the city and the province”, said Moira Stilwell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development. “Our government recognizes the importance of post-secondary education in securing future prosperity, that’s why we are investing in campus infrastructure as part of our economic stimulus plan.”

The increased space will enable the university to strengthen its collaboration with the Fraser Health Authority, resulting in enhanced research capacity in health promotion and prevention of chronic diseases. Additional classrooms will enhance the learning environment for students and construction of teaching labs in biology and chemistry will allow students enrolled in courses with a lab requirement, including students in the faculty of health sciences, to complete their lab work at the Surrey campus.

Once completed, the new facilities will provide SFU researchers in high-tech areas such as visual analytics, mechatronics and cybercrime with state-of-the-art labs to help accelerate leading-edge research. Student entrepreneurs at SFU will also benefit from the expansion of the Venture Connection program that assists students with the development of spin-off companies to market the products and services they create.

“Simon Fraser University is very grateful for this far-sighted investment by the Federal and Provincial governments”, said Dr. Michael Stevenson, president and vice-chancellor of SFU. “SFU Surrey represents Canada’s most exciting interaction of innovation in campus architecture and in university programmes. This funding will enable a very significant expansion of our infrastructure for the development of knowledge and innovation in British Columbia’s most dynamic new urban center.”

This is one of 40 projects at post-secondary institutions across the province funded through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, a joint federal-provincial investment of $497 million. The total investment in these projects is $519 million including contributions from institutions.

This project is also part of an overall $14-billion capital infrastructure program supported by the Province that will create up to 88,000 jobs and help build vital public infrastructure in every region of B.C.

Canada’s Economic Action Plan sets out to stimulate the Canadian economy over the next two years and to improve our long-term competitiveness through $12 billion in new infrastructure investment, which includes the $2-billion Knowledge Infrastructure Program.

For more information on the provincial government’s three-year job creation plan, visit www.gov.bc.ca/infrastructure.

For more information about the federal Knowledge Infrastructure Program visit www.ic.gc.ca/knowledge-infrastructure.