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2010 Games Banners – at the Flag Shop

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 | Comments (5,436)

The last inventory of Vancouver’s 2010 Games street banners are now on sale at the Flag Shop.  The banners are a great gift and memento of the 2010 Vancouver Games. These beautiful banners were donated by the City of Vancouver and are being used to raise funds for Tradeworks legacy ‘Fab Shop’.

Many designs hung on the streets of Vancouver

The banners come in several styles and many are signed by VANOC CEO, John Furlong, and three Canadian Olympians.

The Flag Shop is located at 1615 Powell St. in East Vancouver – www.flagshop.com

The RONA 2010 Fabrication Shop operated for almost three years in advance of the games, producing over 11,000 items needed for the events and venues. But the special feature of this Fab Shop was that it integrated a training and employment program for at-risk populations.  The employment program was very successful and Tradeworks has agreed to take over the facility and project as a ‘legacy’ of the games.  It now operates as a unique social enterprise sustained through a blend of sales revenues, fund-raising revenues, and government contributions.  www.thefabshop.ca

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Banners on Sale

Friday, August 27th, 2010 | Comments (5,090)

Tradeworks is selling a selection of Vancouver 2010 street banners to raise funds for ‘The Fab Shop’, a legacy training and employment program for at-risk youth, based on the RONA 2010 Fabrication Shop that ran for more than two years prior to the Games.  Each banner is a piece of history and they make great gifts.

These banners were on display throughout the city during the 2010 Games and there are several designs.  Many sets are signed by John Furlong and Olympic athletes, which make them extra special collectibles.  Signed banners are accompanied by a letter of authenticity.

Banners can be purchased online at the www.vancouver2010.com/store.  (Check under ‘memorabilia’ if it is not up on the front page.)  There you can get a complete outline of styles, pairings and prices.

We thank the City of Vancouver for donating these banners.

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Fab Shop supplies new BC Hydro Board Table

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 | Leave a Comment

BC Hydro’s boardroom has a new table built at the Tradeworks Fab Shop.  BC Hydro is committed to supporting the new social enterprise and training program and the first order placed with the Fab Shop was for this new table. And the octagonal maple veneered table has now been installed.

Tradeworks has received great feedback that the new furniture was well regarded by directors when the BC Hydro board met earlier this month.

The Fab Shop is capable of producing a wide array of products, up to and including custom furnishings of this kind.  The table reflects high quality mill work and assembly.

Primarily, the Fab Shop is planning to provide training and employment opportunities to at-risk youth.  The 2010 games legacy project is set to launch formally in October. The project is based on the RONA 2010 Fabrication Shop that operated in the run-up to the winter games.  The staff team includes highly skilled carpenters who can undertake more complex design and finishing work, as well as supervise the trainees.

The Fab Shop project is being structured as a social enterprise that will provide services in the marketplace to clients such as BC Hydro.  The work generated for trainees is the key bridging experience for them, as people who have little or no employment history and need to develop their workplace skills.  Recruitment for new participants will start in October 2010.

The Fab Shop is also keen to talk to other prospective clients.

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