“The audience comprised a mix of Surrey staff from different departments, developers and designers who do work in Surrey, representatives from a large number of Metro Vancouver municipalities, and provincial regulators. At the end of the day, we achieved our stated objective of starting a dialogue between policy-makers and project implementers,” reports Kim Stephens. Read More

“A key message in Living Water Smart is that green development makes sense. New thinking about development leads to new benefits. These include more green spaces, more water and fish in the streams, improved community vitality, reduced demand for water, and reduced expenditure on infrastructure,” stated Lynn Kriwoken. Read More

“When we develop or redevelop land, our starting point should be: What do we want our neighbourhoods look like? The built-form determines what our options may be for capturing rain where it falls. So we need to look at ways to provide more green space that can serve more than one purpose,” states Jim Dumont. Read More

“The Surrey Forum is an opportunity for Metro Vancouver participants to explore the responsibility theme. Each party in the process has a responsibility. So, we envision a discussion of the respective responsibilities involved in implementing a vision. In this way, we hope to learn what works well and what could work better,” states Susan Rutherford. Read More