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Agri-Innovation / Business Ecosystem / Clean Technology / Creative Economy

Surrey’s Rapidly Growing Green Building Materials and Efficiency Subsector - Part 2

green building community centre
Agri-Innovation / Business Ecosystem / Clean Technology / Creative Economy

Surrey’s Rapidly Growing Green Building Materials and Efficiency Subsector - Part 1

As concerns about climate change and resource depletion continue to grow, numerous factors are fueling the global…

Agri-Innovation / Clean Technology

Surrey's Clean Technology Ecosystem is Thriving

Surrey has long been a place where innovative clean technology companies naturally come to scale up their…

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke speaks during the grand opening of SFU Innovation Plaza
Agri-Innovation / Smart Cities Infrastructure

Innovation Plaza opens at SFU Surrey campus

Simon Fraser University held its grand opening of the SFU Innovation Plaza in Surrey this week

A man works in a vertical farm
Agri-Innovation

How a new agritech innovation centre in Surrey is hoping to help with food security

But agritech companies aren't new to Surrey

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Agri-Innovation

Food security and a growing population: What can Surrey do to better help feed the community?

Surrey's population is expected to hit nearly 604,000 by the end of the year

Sunrise Farms building
Agri-Innovation

Surrey is a hub for food processing, manufacturing and distribution

With more than 50 manufacturers, Surrey has a strong distribution network that food processors can use

Surrey-based Jaan foods is one of many plant-based processors in Surrey
Agri-Innovation

Surrey’s food technology ecosystem: An emerging hotspot for plant-based food innovation

Food and agriculture is big business in British Columbia

Advanced Manufacturing / Agri-Innovation / Business Ecosystem / Clean Technology / Health Technology / Talent

Are you looking for a tech job in Surrey?

Invest Surrey is partnering with Tech Talent Canada to hold a virtual job fair this month

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Agri-Innovation

How can Surrey’s farming and ALR land help the food security crisis?

More than one-third of the City's land is designated for agriculture, compared to 5% across the province

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Agri-Innovation / Surrey EconomIQ Insights Podcast

Food in the Age of Crisis: How innovation in agritech is helping the next generation of growers

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Agri-Innovation

Can you build a self-sustaining agri-food industry in a metropolitan city?

Surrey is unique as a municipal region with an urban growth area, agritech innovation and an active agricultural…

Innovation

green building community centre

Surrey’s Rapidly Growing Green Building Materials and Efficiency Subsector - Part 1

As concerns about climate change and resource depletion continue to grow, numerous factors are fueling the global…

Surrey's Clean Technology Ecosystem is Thriving

Surrey has long been a place where innovative clean technology companies naturally come to scale up their…

Business Ecosystem

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Surrey Consumers Crave Flavor, Flocking to Entertainment and Dining, Eager to Shop Local.

We surveyed a representative group of 1400 consumers to get their impressions of the economy, specifically…

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Surrey's Resilient Supply Chain and Abundant Talent Pool Signal a Resurgent Canadian Economy

The City of Surrey is home to one of Canada’s most resilient economies. Learn more from the results of our Business…

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Bringing the World to Surrey: How Garaventa Lift has Built an Accessible Future

Foreign direct investment plays a crucial role in developing vibrant, resilient economies by bringing in new jobs,…

Business Ecosystem

plates of food at a restaurant with two people in the background smiling

Surrey Consumers Crave Flavor, Flocking to Entertainment and Dining, Eager to Shop Local.

We surveyed a representative group of 1400 consumers to get their impressions of the economy, specifically…

Real Estate

open office space

The Relevance of Office Space in a Work-From-Home Culture

While many questions remain, one certainty is that the development of high-quality commercial space in Surrey is…

North Surrey Sport and Ice Complex

South Westminster: One of Metro Vancouver’s last developable waterfronts is in Surrey

Changes are coming to Surrey's South Westminster and the City would like to get the public's input

Real Estate

open office space

The Relevance of Office Space in a Work-From-Home Culture

While many questions remain, one certainty is that the development of high-quality commercial space in Surrey is…

Talent

Surrey City Centre

Celebrating the Talent in Surrey, BC

Discover why Surrey, BC is Canada's most exciting, future-ready city with modernized infrastructure, a magnet…

Surrey Has Technical Talent for the Electric Vehicle Sector

Here in Surrey, we have a strong and diverse talent pool primed to meet the demand for specialized skills in the EV…

Are you looking for a tech job in Surrey?

Invest Surrey is partnering with Tech Talent Canada to hold a virtual job fair this month

Talent

Surrey City Centre

Celebrating the Talent in Surrey, BC

Discover why Surrey, BC is Canada's most exciting, future-ready city with modernized infrastructure, a magnet…