Team Torino Releases Expense Report
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photo of Team Torino at the B.C.- Canada House at the Olympics (courtesy Rob Van Adrichem)
The final report is in from Team Torino.
The group that headed to the Winter Olympics to try and market Prince George has presented its report to Council complete with expense sheet.
| Revenue | ||
| City of Prince George | $38,000.00 | |
| Additional Contributions | 3,400.00 | |
| Total Revenue | $41,400.00 | |
| Expenses | ||
| Travel (flights, Insurance, Rail Passes) | $11,877.00 | |
| Accommodation | 7,307.00 | |
| Meals & Transfers | 2,185.00 | |
Promotional Materials (Brochures, Apparel, gifts, website development) | $11,534.00 | |
| Communications | 1,013.00 | |
| Reception at BC Canada House | 7,538.00 | |
| Total Expenses | $41,454.00 |
The presentation told how the Team had met with people from Government, Tourism, Media and the Olympics. The team says it also made some discoveries during the trip including;
-Government and VANOC need B.C. communities to create the Olympic spirit
-funding is already available, more will come if "we can prove ourselves"
-define how P.G. wants to present itself and the region eg: nature, wood expertise, high performance sport, world class education
Team Member Tom Berekoff says other communities were impressed that Prince George went to the games with a strategic plan, "We went with a plan, hosted an event, left materials behind, most other communities just went to the games, we really had the world stage for that window of time" said Berekoff.
"We really have a critical mass here to make sport an integral part of what Prince George has to offer."
There are some next steps:
-Direct folllowup with the managers of sport in the various countries they made contact with. Virginia Spranger will head to Europe later this week with a soccer group to talk to some of the European coaches on training in P.G.
-There are discussions to have Prince George given official training community status with VANOC
-followup discussions with business contacts made during the games
"There is a major role for Prince George to play in the years leading up to 2010 and during 2010 itself" says Gerry Offet who wrapped up his presentation by saying "Our conclusion is that even at this point, this was money well spent."
There have been some enquiries about training in Prince George says Virginia Spranger, "We may possibly have the Chinese women's hockey team coming here to train and take classes at UNBC, there is also some interest in curling training."
Councilor Basserman says there should be a plan for "Team Beijing" to keep taking Prince George to the World!
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Posted by: Palopu on May 30 2006 9:05 AM