The following is a press release from the Comox Valley Regional District:
Thanks to the support of 23 local businesses and local governments, banners for the 2010 Olympic Games will be flying all over the Comox Valley.
The banners, heralding the 2010 Winter Olympics, will appear on Comox Valley streets and buildings, beginning around the middle of October. They will be on the streets when the Olympic torch is run through the Comox Valley on November 2nd, and will then be seen in many shops and businesses throughout the valley until the close of the Olympic Games held in Vancouver and Whistler in February 2010.
“We sold over 200 banners in a very short time,” said Ken Grant, member of the Comox Valley Olympic torch relay committee in charge of the banner program. “It was really heartening to have the immediate response from local governments and businesses, and it will be great to see the banners everywhere around the Comox Valley.”
The banners are approximately 6 feet x 2.5 feet in size and are locally made by Speed-Pro Signs in Courtenay. The organizations that have purchased banners are:
Mt. Washington Alpine Resort, Comox Valley Airport Commission, Royal Bank of Canada, Watson & Ash, Coast Realty Group, Gas & Go, Ives Burger Law, Coldwell Banker, Comox Valley Economic Development, Old House Village Suites, Presley & Partners Chartered Accountants, Tim Horton’s, Rice Toyota, Brian McLean ChevOlds, Best Western Westerly Hotel, Re/Max Ocean Pacific Realty, Beaufort Winery, Pateman & Company, Shelter Point Distillery Corporation, Town of Comox, Village of Cumberland, City of Courtenay, and the Comox Valley Regional District.
The Olympic Flame will visit the Comox Valley on November 2 as one of approximately 200 celebration communities during its 106-day journey across the country. The torch relay will visit every province and territory, including Canada’s most northern, southern and eastern points, before arriving back in the host province of British Columbia for the start of the Games on February 12, 2010.
