Cultural Plan for Surrey
The City of Surrey is looking for your help in shaping the City’s cultural landscape.
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Developing the Cultural Plan
Surrey’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is developing a new Cultural Plan – a practical guide for the future development of arts and heritage in Surrey.
The City is seeking to engage the community in enhancing awareness and understanding of the role of arts and heritage in Surrey’s ongoing evolution as a major urban centre.
To kick off the Cultural Plan development process, the City organized a “World Café” - a round-table workshop involving key individuals who will be tasked with generating ideas for maintaining and promoting Surrey’s vibrant cultural sector.
The findings of the World Café will be posted here and used to prepare information and questions for the Town Centre Open House series.
Following this consultation process, the City will work to draft a Cultural Plan outlining a strategy for Surrey’s continued cultural development, reflecting an innovative city characterized by rapid growth, diversity and youth.
Additional information regarding plan development will be posted here as it becomes available.
CONTACT US
Want to contribute but didn't make it to an Open House? Download this Comment Form PDF here and send us your feedback!
If you have any questions or would like to provide your Cultural Plan input, please e-mail culturalplan@surrey.ca We look forward to hearing from you.

Purpose of the Cultural Plan
- To establish a practical framework for guiding efforts and resources to the maintenance and development of arts and heritage in Surrey.
- To engage the community and the City in enhancing awareness and understanding of the role of arts and heritage in Surrey’s ongoing evolution as a major urban centre.
Objectives of the Cultural Plan
- Assess feasibility and service needs for cultural facility space for South Surrey.
- Reassess the functional space plan and needs for a phase II expansion of the Surrey Museum.
- Develop six town centre Public Art Plans identifying sites and themes for public art in Cloverdale, South Surrey, Newton, Surrey City Centre, Guildford and Fleetwood.
- Compile an inventory of public and private sector cultural assets, services and facilities in Surrey; identifying evident gaps and needs.
- Identify needs, opportunities, space and operational requirements for a decentralized model of arts and heritage City-wide services.
- Identify space and resource requirements for the growth and preservation of City material cultural and art collections.
- Assess needs and roles for effective communication of cultural values and benefits by public and community stakeholders.
- Identify cultural spaces and amenities in City Centre development plans.