2018: Year in Review

2018 has been a very dynamic year for Surfside. The amount of changes going on around the city and there are a lot of new projects in the pipeline.

January
The year started off, as always with the annual ceremony that is the changing of the numbers in Anniversary square. This time, the celebrations marked 5 years since Surfside's inception.

Along with this came a proper plaza for people to celebrate not just the city's anniversary, but any celebration or event in the future. The result was Anniversary square, built over the existing car park next to the city hall.

February
Work started on perhaps the biggest project of the year, which was Surfside Central railway station. A massive undertaking and equally massive dedication was required to complete it. I have been focused on building this railway station as it will provide a boost to the primitive railway network in the city.

March
With Surfside Central construction well underway, I looked to the surrounding areas to see how I could integrate this big railway hub with them. Almost immediately, I decided that the nearby disused airport would make a great shopping hub.

So it was bye-bye airport. As I write this, it is sad to think that I won't get round to building a replacement airport for a long, and i mean long while to come. The word 'airport' probably won't even be mentioned in next year's review, due to the huge amount of ongoing projects that need to be completed first.

June
Now that much of Surfside Central had been built, what other big project (thankfully not as complex) could I start now?

A 14 year old game called Battlefield Vietnam provided the answer, in the form of Hue 1968. In that game, Hue 1968 is a map based on the real life city of Hue, Vietnam.

I decided to build a scale model of Hue 1968 in Surfside primarily as a tribute to a game I've spent hundreds of hours playing over the years.

July
Continued with Hue City.

August
Continued with Hue City.

September
Continued with Hue City.

October
Building started on a new Train Museum, west of the ongoing transformation of the former airport site.

November
Completed sections A and B of Surfside's ring road

Continued Hue City.

Started renovation of the hotel (though I had to blow the dust off it first).

December
Finished Hue City.

Continued lake expansion.

Overview
Whew! What. A. Year.

I think 'dynamic' was a good way to describe this year for my city. The Surfside of 2017 is in some ways unrecognizable from how it is now.

Here's to another amazing, creative year.

Signing out,

SurfinBird [insert date here]