POSTED: Saturday July 18th 2009
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Do you live in a neighbourhood that is home to a 2010 Winter Games venue?

Public information meetings starting this month best way to get latest details on what to expect during the Games

VANCOUVER, July 17 - A series of free public information sessions will be held over the next few weeks geared towards people who live, work or play in neighbourhoods where 2010 Winter Games venues are located.

The Game Plan 2009 information sessions will be held throughout the Games region to provide important information to the public in order to help residents and businesses owners plan how to make the most of their Games-time experience and to learn what to expect leading up to, during and after the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in February and March 2010.

Building on similar public information sessions held in 2008, the Game Plan 2009 meetings will offer attendees a snapshot of daily life at and around the venues and provide an opportunity to ask questions.

While targeted to neighbourhoods near Games venues, Game Plan 2009 meeting are open to anyone who is interested in learning more about the operations of the 2010 Winter Games. Although Games-time operational plans continue to be developed and many operational plans are still being finalized, these sessions will provide up-to-date and detailed information on transportation, public safety, security, and municipal operations, as well as what legacies will be left behind after the Games.

“Providing the public with this information now is an important part in ensuring the Games are a success,” said Terry Wright, executive vice president of services and Games operations for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). “We want the public to ask us questions and use this information to help with their daily planning and to ensure they make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime Games experience in their own neighbourhoods.”

The public meetings are being held by VANOC together with local municipal governments and transportation and security partners at locations near Games venues. Meetings were held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on July 15 and in the Pacific Coliseum neighbourhood on July 16.

Remaining Game Plan 2009 meetings in Vancouver and the Sea to Sky region are set for:

      -  Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre neighbourhood: July 27 from
        5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, at the Riley Park Community Centre
      -  Squamish: July 28 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Brennan Park
        Recreation Centre
      -  Whistler: July 29 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Westin
        Whistler Hotel
      -  Pemberton: July 30 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the new Pemberton
        Community Centre
      -  Britannia Community Centre neighbourhood: August 26 from 6:00 pm
        to 8:00 pm at the Britannia Community Centre

VANOC and its partners are planning additional Game Plan 2009 information sessions for the fall, including downtown Vancouver and the University of British Columbia. For more information, visit www.vancouver2010.com

About VANOC

VANOC is responsible for the planning, organizing, financing and staging of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games in 2010. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver and Whistler will host the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. Visit www.vancouver2010.com.

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Name: Jason Macnaughton
Organization: Vancouver 2010
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URL: http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/-/32678/q0c15c/index.html

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