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Whistler Stories: Ideas to Generate Compelling Stories

For the first time in Olympic history, the International Olympic Committee has bestowed the designation Host Mountain Resort upon a community - recognizing Whistler's significant role in staging and hosting the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.  Home to the Nordic, sliding and alpine events, more than half of the Olympic medals in 2010 will be awarded in Whistler. The 2010 Winter Games will leave numerous legacies for our community. While partnering to produce an extraordinary Games experience, we are also working to achieve our long-term community vision. 

While we cheer on the athletes in our beautiful mountain resort, we'll also throw a 27 day arts and culture celebration right in the heart of our village. Many visitors are unaware that about 10,000 residents call Whistler home and this unique fusion of sport, arts, culture and entertainment is what we live for!  To share some of the points of interest on our community, we have summarized a number of story starters to help media select the content needed to generate compelling stories for your audience. Contact us at [email protected] for potential spokespeople, images and b-roll footage to complete your stories.

For access to Images & BROLL follow the links below or contact [email protected]. BROLL will also be available at the Whistler Media House.

2010 WINTER GAMES LEGACIES

Whistler2020: an award-winning formula to build a sustainable community
The world's only hydrogen bus fleet
A new neighbourhood for Whistler
Green principles abound at Whistler Athlete Village
CT Scanner, an Olympic legacy
Whistler 2010 Sport Legacies

 
ACCESSIBLE WHISTLER

Accessible Whistler
Whistler Adaptive Sports Program (WASP)
Paralympic Athlete Centre
Big Skiing and Inclusivity
Bus Accessibility
Accessible Playground
Human Sustainability
Whistler Local Brad Lennea - Para-Alpine Racer
Whistler Local Phil Chew - Giving Back
Whistler Local Rob Gosse - Just simply loves to ski
Whistler Local Tyler Mosher - An alpine pioneer

 
SPORT AND RECREATION

Not Just for Sport Junkies - Whistler's Arts & Culture Scene
World Ski and Snowboard Festival - Fusing sport, arts & culture: the Whistler way
Whistler's weekly rides attract hundreds of cyclists out for some friendly competition
Ski Patroller Mayors

 
MOUNTAIN RESORT LIFE

A Taste of Whistler - delicious choices within 100 miles
Wanted: companion with soulful eyes, warm and fuzzy exterior, likes to cuddle on the couch
Whistler Public Library - a novel approach to building green
The creation of the Cheakamus Community Forest
Compost facility success
The debris barrier - silently protecting Whistler Village
Whistler Museum archives a town born for the 2010 Winter Games

 
VISITOR EXPERIENCES

Take a Stroll and Plug in to the Whistler Experience
Church life in Whistler

 
ARTS AND CULTURE SCENE

The NiX Theatre Experience
Public Art – Outdoor Pieces in Whistler
Whistler’s Cultural pioneers
Whistler’s Own Group of Seven
Integrating the local arts into the 2010 Winter Games
Photography in Whistler
Whistler Children’s Art Festival 2010
ArtWalk 2010
Whistler Art Workshops on the Lake
Whistler Live! ArtWalk

 

Mayor Ken Melamed on community legacies from the 2010 Winter Games

 

 
 

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