Cloverdale Reporter

About Us

Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia retains its small town flavour and a proud agricultural heritage. The City of Surrey was established here. Remnants of those roots - such as the 1912 Surrey Municipal Hall, which now houses the Surrey Archives on Highway 10 - still welcome visitors. The Cenotaph in Heritage Square, the Surrey Museum, and Cloverdale Library (which houses outstanding genealogy references capabilities) are part of the historic Municipal Hall complex. Farms - now mainly prosperous blueberry farms - are rooted in some of British Columbia's most fertile farmland. Some farms remain operated by descendants of pioneering families who broke ground in the Clover and Hazelmere Valleys at the turn of the century. Golf courses abound, attracting sports enthusiasts year round. Four-laned highways have replaced the dirt roads of yesteryear, but Cloverdale's pride in history and heritage still flourishes here. Festivals such as the Cloverdale Blueberry Festival, the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair, Canada Day festivities, and the annual Santa Claus Parade continue to attract locals, neighbours and tourists. Residential growth continues to attract young families and early retirees.

Your Community News Team

	Editor Jennifer Lang 604-575-2405	Jennifer Lang is an award-winning journalist with 15 years experience as a community news reporter. Born and raised in the Lower Mainland, Jennifer spent more than a decade in the northwest corner of British Columbia in Terrace, covering the stories and people of this exciting region as it underwent an economic transition. She returned to the Vancouver area a few years ago to be closer to family, embarking on a freelance career that never strayed far from its roots in community journalism. She joined the Cloverdale Reporter in September 2009.

	Columnist / Founding Editor Ursula Maxwell-Lewis 604-575-2405	Ursula Maxwell-Lewis founded the Cloverdale Reporter News in August 1996, and sold the Reporter to Black Press Group Inc. in March, 2008. She remained on staff as Managing Editor. Born in Scotland, educated in Britain, Canada, Europe and South Africa, she joined the editorial staff of the Benoni City Times, South Africa (Amalgamated Press), and worked as a journalist in Britain, Canada, and South Africa, with travel assignments worldwide. She is co-founder and director/treasurer of the Surrey International Writers' Conference (www.SiWC.ca), a director of theTravel Media Association of Canada and has been active in the City of Surrey arts and business community since 1977.