Monday, February 09, 2015

Toronto residents and businesses invited to attend CIBC Pan Am Athletes' Village information session

City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release:  February 9, 2015

Toronto residents and businesses invited to attend CIBC Pan Am Athletes' Village information session

Toronto residents, who live in the vicinity of the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes' Village (West Don Lands - 409 Front Street East), and local businesses, are invited to the St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre on Wednesday, February 11for drop-in information sessions to learn more about how their community may be affected by the Games.

These drop-in sessions will provide tips, tools and information to help residents and local businesses get around during the Games.

Athletes’ Village Games Drop-in Information Session for Local Businesses
Date:    Wednesday, February 11
Location: St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre, 230 The Esplanade
Time: 3-5 p.m., drop-in

If you cannot attend in person, questions can be directed to businessinfo@toronto2015.org.

Athletes’ Village Games Drop-in Information Session for Residents
Date:    Wednesday, February 11
Location: St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre, 230 The Esplanade
Time: 6-8 p.m., drop-in

For more information about this drop-in session, or for requests regarding accessibility requirements, contact residentinfo@toronto2015.org.

Note: Space for both sessions is limited; groups are encouraged to send representation.

These drop-in sessions are hosted by the Pan Am Transportation Team (PATT), comprised of representatives from the Ministry of Transportation, the Integrated Security Unit (ISU), the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015), the Toronto Transit Commission and the City of Toronto.

This summer, Ontario will host the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. This will be the largest international sporting event ever hosted in Canada.

Toronto will host several competition and non-competition venues, including the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes' Village in the West Don Lands, an 80-acre site next to the Don River in Toronto’s waterfront district. The Village will be the Games-time home for 10,000 athletes, coaches and team officials, and will incorporate a full range of services and amenities.

A key legacy of the Games, the Village will become a dynamic mixed-use neighbourhood with affordable housing, new condominiums, a YMCA and a dormitory for George Brown College students after the Games.

More information about these sessions is available at http://bit.ly/1zXi42w.

For more information about the Games, visit http://www.toronto2015.org/.

This news release is also available on the City's website: http://bit.ly/1ESBsip

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Media contacts:
Jennifer Robinson, TO2015, 416-957-2105jennifer.robinson@toronto2015.org
Wynna Brown, Strategic Communications, 416-392-8937wbrown1@toronto.ca

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