Since the Games ended I've been hearing about the street lamp banners being auctioned off here and donated there but I was seemingly always just missing my opportunity at getting my hands on a pair of them. My heart started beating really fast earlier this week when my wife got an e-mailer from the Mount Pleasant Community Centre saying they were given some by the city for a fundraiser and were selling them for $50 each! I raced down to what I thought was the right place but which ended up being the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House near Fraser and Broadway... but as luck would have it they were also given a bunch of these banners to help them raise money to support what they do there. I'm going to provide THIS LINK to information about the ones that the Neighbourhood House has for sale (they have a few different designs starting at $40 each) and tell you to keep your eyes and ears open for these popping up at different centres around town.
Pictured here is one of the pair that I bought, not in it's permanent home yet but hanging next to my desk here at the V.I.A. office. I'm not sure where I'm going to end up hanging the matching pair but I am SO psyched I got my hands on them.