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Welcome to Scott Road
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005 by GetawayBC.com
Business expansion has brought a lot of dough to the Scott Road town centre in the past year. And we’re not just talking Krispy Kreme here.
Although the popular doughnut outlet, located in the Scottsdale Centre Mall, is the first of its kind in Western Canada and has proven very popular with assorted sweet teeth from across the Lower Mainland.
Add in a large townhouse complex in development at 68 Avenue and Scott Road, and the application process for a new K-Mart, and there’s no lack of happy tradespeople in the area.
“There is lots of development going on,” noted Mark Pratley, president of the Surrey Delta Business Association. “And that’s encouraging.”
Scott Road, which forms the main border between Surrey and North Delta, was named after one Col. J.T. Scott. A provincial contractor, Scott was hired in 1873 to construct what is now 120 Street, from Brownsville to Mud Bay. Although the colonel never did complete the wagon road he was to have forged, his name lives on.
Spanning from the Patullo Bridge right through to Highway 10, the Scott Road town centre has been one of Surrey’s fastest developing areas over the past 30 years. With big box retailers, including the new Real Canadian Superstore in the Delta Shoppers Mall, super centres framing the south end of the road and a unique and colorful Punjabi Market capping the north end, Scott Road is a melting pot of commerce and interests.
“Scott Road used to be the suburbs but it’s a metropolitan area now,” Pratley said.
“A lot of people are moving here so they can get a better deal on housing and still be close to the Alex Fraser Bridge and still be close to shopping.”
Scott Road Highlights:
Surrey Delta Business Association
The SDBA is a non-profit, non-partisan group once known as the Scott Road Business Association. It has now expanded its membership to include the surrounding Delta area.
“It’s good for other businesses that are not just on Scott Road,” Pratley said.
“We’re growing now on a fairly steady business.”
The SDBA works to influence and assist future development of the Scott Road business corridor, and to enhance business growth and establish networking systems. Part of its mandate is also to create awareness of the area with consumers, governments at all levels, and both the Surrey and Delta chambers.
Other initiatives for the SDBA include the revitalization of the Delta business zones along Scott Road, as well as addressing the issues of Surrey and Delta signage bylaws.
For more information, contact Mark Pratley at markp@sdba.ca