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Olympic 2008 Essay, Research Paper

Winning the right to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games forever

changed the face of Sydney, Australia. The now-familiar images of

Darling Harbour, Homebush Bay and Bondi are only part of the most

recent stunning Olympic legacy.

Urban renewal, environmental conservation, recreational and sporting

venues, and a renewed national amateur sports program were all set

in high gear when Sydney was awarded the Games.

When TO-2008 announced its master plan for hosting the Olympic and

Paralympic Games one year ago, there were five objectives: improve

our environment, upgrade our city infrastructure, provide better accessibility

for the disabled, more housing downtown (including “affordable”

housing) and create a prosperous economy.

At this stage, seven months before the vote, there is still a chance

that Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic

Committee, will pronounce Toronto the winner this July, when the IOC

announces the official host city of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic

Games. Winning the Games will forever change the face of Toronto.

Our Olympic plan is an ambitious and innovative one, which will generate

long-awaited waterfront redevelopment, the construction of permanent

facilities, new roads, rapid transit upgrades, new downtown housing,

and much more.

The best news today is that we don’t have to wait for 2008 to see

the benefits of our Olympic dreams. The Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid (TO-

2008) has already set in motion a process of urban revitalization,

amateur sports renewal and civic rejuvenation that is underway whether

it wins the right to host the Games or not.

Toronto is a waterfront city. And yet for most of this century, much

of our waterfront has remained a barren stretch of industrial portland.

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