Pan Am facilities benefit local athletes
Local sports clubs are thrilled about the prospect of using the new world-class athletics compound slated to be built at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.
Local sports clubs are thrilled about the prospect of using the new world-class athletics compound slated to be built at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.
The proposed Pan Am Aquatic Centre will have a positive environmental impact by cleaning up the area where it will be built, says Ward 44 councillor Ron Moeser.
It’s public knowledge Scarborough is getting a new aquatics facility for the 2015 Pan Am Games, but residents might not be aware of the overall cost of hosting the games.
According to residents and business owners, it is the dirty lots, ugly signage and excessive litter that is preventing Kingston Road from bolstering its reputation. With the 2015 Pan Am Games fast approaching, Scarborough is soon to be under more international scrutiny than ever.
Even a burst of summer-like weather isn’t enough to entice residents of Scarborough to come out and dive. Scarborough Diving Club president Elise Tracey is surrounded by divers on a regular basis, but the only thing that keeps diving alive is the attention it gets from media coverage, she said.
The next mayor of Toronto, elected in the fall, will shape the city for the next four years. The mayoral candidates talked to the East Toronto Observer about four major issues, and their vision for Scarborough.
Students clapped and cheered when Mayor David Miller asked if they had watched the Olympic hockey gold medal games, as he spoke at the University of Toronto Scarborough on March 3 to promote the “I Deserve World Class” campaign.
With the Pan Am games set to roll through Scarborough in 2015, plans are in the works to accelerate construction on the Light Rail Transit project to complete it in time for the games.
The 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver are attracting a fair amount of controversy.
Electrifying the entire GO Transit system would not completed by the time the 2015 Pan Am Games roll into Toronto, according to the project manager of a $2-million feasabilty study being conducted by Metrolinx.