Re 2010 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee Spirit o/BC COMMUNITY COMMITTEE West Vancouver Report: 2010 • West Vancouver • 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee List of Contents Background Vision & Theme Committee Recommendations Committee & Community Consultation Our Olympic Venue Beyond 2010: LegaciesNow Report: 2010 • West Vancouver • 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee Background 1 The Olympic Movement promotes sport, Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver is the arts and culture, and the environment as its venue for free style skiing and snowboarding three main goals. The Games represent competitions - events that are very popular tremendous opportunity for business and spectator sports. tourism development, and community celebration. As a venue community. West Vancouver will play an important role in welcoming the In 2010, the eyes of the world will be on world to the 2010 Winter Olympic/ Canada, Whistler and the Lower Mainland Paralympic Games. for the 17 days of Olympic events from February 12 to 28 and 10 days of Paralympic Games from March 12 to 21. The West Vancouver 2010 Committee twenty-five people from all sectors of our community - has worked for over a year, More than 6,500 athletes and officials from through extensive public consultation, to 80 countries and 250,000 visitors are develop an Olympic vision for West expected, and 10,000 media will cover the Vancouver leading up to, including and events for an international audience beyond, 2010! estimated at three billion. 2 Report 2010 West Vancouver Vision and Theme 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee This is about a dream. West Vancouver throws open its doors and welcomes you home. We are about small scale, making new friends, warmth and hospitalitJt special neighbourhoods where the world will feel at home, the little village. Discover West Vancouver - Be our guest! Committee Recommendations Initiatives are recommended by the Committee for further consideration Celebration Tourism Create a town square at the new community Develop a visitor strategy for West centre, to celebrate leading up to 2010. Vancouver. Capitalize on our small village During 2010, feature entertainment and feel, and promote our strengths-arts and media to cap off the day's events. culture, outdoor recreation lifestyle and Ambassadors unique shops and cafes. Create a register of all those wishing to Legacy volunteer, and provide the opportunity for all Leave West Vancouver better off than it was ages to be trained in giving outstanding before the games, by creating an outdoor service to our guests from around the world. amphitheatre possibly on Cypress, and a Be the community where visitors are treated town square. like family. Gateway Hosting Athletes Develop a plan for Olympic athletes and Build on the theme of West Vancouver being teams to train on the North Shore, and live in the gateway to the Olympics. our community leading up to 2010. Report: 2010 • \XVst Wncouver • 2010 Olyrnpic/Parayn'ipic CorTirnittee Committee Recommendations Transportation Festival Collaborate with TransLink and other Initiate and expand a Winter Festival, transportation providers to establish new, beginning with WinterSong in 2004, to environmentally friendly modes of public become an annual celebration held in transportation to, from and within West February each year. Vancouver-e.g, a ferry service, rail links to Whistler, shuttle services between villages. Mountain Heritage Restore Hollyburn Lodge in recognition of our mountain skiing, snowshoeing, camping, and hiking heritage. Sustainability Build on our commitment to sustainability by identifying sustainable projects in West Vancouver and showcasing them to the world. WinterSong is a festival that will celebrate the hu voice and the art of singing from choral, musical theatre, barbershop, jazz, opera, rock, swing, ope rap, folk and native, to ethnic songs. Launched in 2004, the goal is to become an international sing festival by 20W 4 Report: 2010 • West Vancouver • 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee The Committee West Vancouver's 2010 Olympic/Paralympic public input at the Harmony Arts festival, the & Community Committee has been meeting for over a year Coho Festival, at Park Royal Shopping Centre, the Gleneagles Community Centre, ideas and create a strategy for Consultation tohowgenerate and by hosting a public forum at Sentinel West Vancouver can benefit from, and best manage, the tremendous potential of School. The Committee met with genuine the 2010 Games. The Committee gathered interest in the Games, and heard many ideas. What We Heard "If your approach emphasizes 'giving', not " Use the games to help revitalize getting, through volunteers, you will Ambleside." obtain huge benefits for our hometown." "West Vancouver should be portrayed as " Involve community by inviting groups to not only the 'jumping off point to participate in a West Vancouver Whistler but as a place to visit and enjoy." Welcome Wave." "We need to build an inventory of possible " Have the world see us as a diverse accommodations within our homes for attractive, caring community that enjoys Olympic visitors in the years leading up to and pursues outdoor activities, fun and and during the games." environmental stewardship combined with a sense of community, history and "Work with schools to develop programs family." that will assist students in pursuing their dreams in sports, culture and the arts." Report: 2010 • West Vancouver • 2010 Olympic/Paralvsiipic Committee Committee Members Mayor Ron Wood (Chair) Councillors John Clark (2004) Pam Goldsmith-Jones (2004/05) Victor Durman (2005) Squamish Nation Chief Bill Williams Cypress Ski Area John Kircher or Linda Swain 5 Committee Members Share their Dreams "Our "Village" will be in the spotlight, and we wi ''Dare to dream, West Vancouver If we believe in a dream, expect the best, and work hard, it will be able to shine. All our citizens, of any age, you happen. The spirit of these games will live forever.and " old will feel part of this exceptional adventur Sandy A Schemmer, Committee Member " The 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic we all will feel like Olympians ourselves. " Fiorenza AJbert-Howard, Committee Member Games are a global ensemble of sport, art, and "The Olympics and Paralympics are one of the fe culture. This presents each of us with the events that join humanity together. We are all opportunity to share the pride and passion we connected as members of a large family, as one have for our community and places an enormouspeople. It is a time to celebrate our nation, our WV Chamber of Commerce John Cruickshank or Rick Amantea responsibility on us to be world-class hosts in true human spirit and the hope of peaceful co-existen Education School Trustee Peter Stevenson world will be our guest in February 2010 and it will allow us to both impact upon and be touched b Business Leaders Rick Ryan and Tom Baillie Sport Organizations/Athletes Bev Baldwin and Chris Lori Arts and Culture Paula Grossman and Joe Weiler Community-at-Large Joanne Stygall-Lotz and Sandy Schemmer Seniors David MacDonald Youth Zoltan Gyorki People with Disabilities Fiorenza Albert-Howard Sustainability Catherine Rockandel Communications Alice Mathieson and Janice Avon VANOCD member) Canadian fashion. We are very privileged that the As the Games touch our community, they will be up to us to greet everyone with the hospitality, that human spirit. It is our turn to show the wor good grace, and kindness that distinguishes our who we are. May the imprint we leave be community from any other." remembered with a smile." Ridi Amantea, Committee Member Peter Stevenson, Committee Member "The hosting of the Olympics in Cypress Provincial "The Olympic Games is an opportunity for the Park presents West Vancouver with the community of West Vancouver to become more opportunity to share its cultural and natural united and open our home to the world." Chris Lori, Committee Member (piaured bdow resources from the small parks, beaches, mountain and marine environments to its community festivals and events." Catherine Rockandd, Committee Member competing in an Olympic bobsled event) 6 Rep)ort: 2010 • West Wncouver • 2.010 Olymp^ic/Paralymp)ic Committee Our Olympic Venue Cypress Mountain Events Olympic Facilities Events scheduled on Black Mountain are: Permanent Olympic construction includes: » Freestyle skiing, including moguls and aerials » Snowboarding events, including halfpipe and parallel giant slalom » An aerial jump, mogul course, halfpipe, judges' stands, chairlift and snowmaking on venues No Paralympic events. Temporary Olympic facilities: » Bleachers, washrooms, athlete facilities, media and broadcast facilities $10 million contribution from the Olympics. Other Mountain Facilities Construction for Olympics will coincide with the construction of new facilities planned by the ski operation, including: a day lodge, terrain pod of skiing, detachable high speed quad chair and a summer mountain bike park. Report: 2010 • West Vancouver • 2010 Olynapic/Paralympic Committee Timing Olympic events take place Feb 12 to 28,2010 Olympic Overlay facilities and services in place during summer/fall of 2009Venues ready no later than the fall of 2007 Pre-events at Cypress Mountain "Test events" held two to three years prior: » High-level international events such as NORAM and WORLD CUP » Bring in athletes and coaches, equipment manufacturers, and spectators Our Olympic Heroes The dream starts here- West Vmcoixv&^s Olympians Margaret Langford - Kayaker Kirsten Barnes - Rower 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta Brent Olynyk - Badminton Cedric Burgers - Rower 2000 Sydney 1992 Barcelona John Smart - Skier, Moguls and Aerials Paige Gordon - Diver 1992 Albertville, 1994 Lillehammer 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta Report: 2010 • West Vancouver • 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee Beyond 2010: LegaciesNow In cooperation and support of the many and provides promising young athletes with communities throughout the province, the the tools and services they need to be the Province of British Columbia created 2010 best they can be. LegaciesNow, an organization that works to ArtsNow develop healthy and active programs and lifestyles for the people of those ArtsNow will enhance and strengthen the communities. arts and culture in B.C. communities, 2010 LegaciesNow will make an invaluable contribution to B.C. communities, leaving a lasting legacy of athletics, arts, volunteer and literacy programs in the province that will extend beyond the 2010 Games. Sports & RecreationNow Sport & RecreationNow is focused on sport development and physical activity. It introduces young people to the joy of sport investing in cultural activities and initiatives and helping communities to strengthen their economic base through the arts. VolunteersNow Volunteers are the backbone of communities and help define the B.C. spirit. VolunteersNow will work with organizations to enhance a network of experienced volunteer communities that can establish priorities and training programs. LiteracyNow Through LiteracyNow, 2010 LegaciesNow will work with communities to become the most literate province in Canada and a global leader in literacy learning. Spirit of BC Community Committees The 90-plus Spirit of BC Community Committees were established to help communities build on the exposure and profile the province would receive in the years leading to and following the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. They are key forces that build community spirit and shape strategies to enhance and emphasize the best of their communities. Spirit of BC West Vancouver For further information on West Vancouver's Olympic Initiatives Phone: 604-925-7000 Fax: 604-925-5999 Email: olympics@westvancouver.ca Web: www.westvancouver.ca Direct Line: 604-923-2010