Annual Report 2022

2022 Awards

Maple Ridge was the recipient of a number of awards for innovation and excellence in 2022.

Kathryn Baird, from the City’s Economic Development team, was presented with the 2022 GIS WebTech Award for Technology Leadership. Kathryn, working with Angela Yan and Mitchell Bailey of the City’s technology team to utilize Esri tools and to integrate the data into Maple Ridge’s installation of Guru. Inclusion of this data allows Guru to act as a single-source app incorporating not just familiar site selection data like commercial property listings and demographics, but customized local data supporting business retention, business attraction, talent attraction and tourism. These data sets include everything from pet-friendly businesses to eateries with outdoor seating to popular locations for filming to agri-tourism and eco-tourism attractions. Utilization of the latest GIS technology allows all these disparate data sets to be housed.

GFOA Award Maple Ridge received our 32nd consecutive ‘Canadian Award for Financial Reporting. ’ In order to receive this award, a government unit must publish an easily readable and efficiently organized annual financial report, whose contents conform to program standards. Such reports should go beyond the minimum reporting requirements of generally accepted accounting principles and demonstrate an effort to clearly communicate the municipal government’s financial picture, enhance an understanding of financial reporting by municipal governments and address user needs.

Maple Ridge received it’s 25th consecutive ‘Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting’. In order to receive this award, a government unit must publish a Popular Annual Financial Report whose contents conform to program standards, demonstrates creativity, a quality presentation, understandability and reader appeal.

- For more information on City Awards visit mapleridge.ca/320/Awards

The City of Maple Ridge’s Leisure Centre is a popular location for citizens to lead active lifestyles. Any day you can find friends enjoying some friendly competition at the indoor courts.

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