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EDITORIAL: Walsh owns up consequences of failed Olympics bid

EDITORIAL: Walsh owns up consequences of failed Olympics bid

Editors April 30, 2017

Boston’s controversial bid for the 2024 Olympics left the news cycle more than a year ago, but two authors are bringing Mayor Martin Walsh’s arguably biggest flop in the spotlight once more. Former...

Leaders, experts face off in Olympics debate

Mina Corpuz July 24, 2015

Several city leaders and experts went head-to-head Thursday in a televised debate about the logistics and potential impact of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympic in Boston. Boston 2024 Chairman Steve Pagliuca...

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson called for a subpoena for Boston 2024 bid documents on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY TITO JACKSON

City councilor seeks subpoena for Boston 2024 bid documents

Mina Corpuz July 20, 2015

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson held a press conference Monday on the steps of City Hall to call for a subpoena for Boston 2024 to release two un-redacted chapters from its original bid. Jackson...

Boston 2024 focuses on updated bid plans at sixth community meeting

Justin Pallenik July 1, 2015

After unveiling an updated proposal for Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, organizing group Boston 2024 held a meeting Tuesday in Jamaica Plain to receive feedback from the community. The...

CEO of Boston 2024, Richard Davey, sits in a city council meeting about operations financing and venue development Thursday. PHOTO BY AMANDA BURKE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Financing, management on agenda at City Council meeting on 2024 Olympics

Amanda Burke June 27, 2015

Further exploring the possibility of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Boston City Council held a meeting Friday morning to review details of a new proposal from the organizing group Boston 2024...

Governor Charlie Baker announced Thursday an $82.7 million MBTA Winter Resiliency Plan, according to a press release. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Looking Back, Looking Forward: City news coverage preview

Mina Corpuz June 10, 2015

Boston University is seamlessly integrated into the city, which gives students a chance to immerse themselves in city culture and witness changes in Boston. This fall, Massachusetts voters elected a new...

The City Council's Special Committee on the 2024 Olympics met Monday to discuss the International Olympic Committee's agenda for 2020. PHOTO BY DANIEL SCHWEN/ WIKIPEDIA

City Council reviews 2020 Olympic agenda to plan for 2024

Navraj Narula May 19, 2015

As part of the planning process for Boston to potentially host the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Boston City Council held a hearing Monday to focus on the agenda for the 2020 International Olympic Committee...

Boston residents attend the third Boston Olympics community meeting Tuesday at Harvard Business School. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston 2024 emphasizes getting smarter, community engagement at third community meeting

Stephanie Pagones April 1, 2015

About 200 Greater Boston area residents convened at Harvard Business School’s Burden Hall Tuesday evening, where a panel of Olympic experts from the City of Boston outlined major priorities and plans...

Olympic organizing committee Boston 2024 announced Monday that it would only seek to host the 2024 Olympics if its final bid meets 10 criteria, including majority support in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston 2024 requiring public support to move forward with Olympic bid

Olivia Quintana March 25, 2015

Olympic organizing committee Boston 2024 printed a full-page advertisement in Monday’s copies of The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald, stating it would only seek to host the 2024 Summer Olympics if...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Tuesday a revision to the Joinder Agreement between the City of Boston and the United States Olympic Committee removing language discouraging city employees from speaking about Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh revises Olympic agreement keeping city workers from speaking out

Lindsey Hover February 27, 2015

Following the Jan. 8 release of a Joinder Agreement negotiated between the City of Boston and the United States Olympic Committee, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh revised the agreement to remove clauses that...

Hundreds of Boston residents attended the second Boston Olympics Community Meeting in South Boston Tuesday night. PHOTO BY OLEG TEPLYUK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hundreds gather at second Boston Olympics community meeting

Stephanie Pagones February 25, 2015

Approximately 300 members of the Greater Boston community convened Tuesday at South Boston’s James Condon Elementary School for the city’s second community meeting regarding Boston’s 2024 Olympic...

Rick Jakious, the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, speaks at the 2014 Nonprofit Awareness Day. Jakious expressed concerns that the 2024 Boston Olympics could divert money from local nonprofits. PHOTO COURTESY OF RICK JAKIOUS

Boston Olympics could leave less gold for area nonprofits

Sophia Labas February 19, 2015

As the possibility of hosting the Summer 2024 Olympics looms over Boston, not everyone is excited for the hundreds of thousands of tourists that could be drawn to the city and the costs of the biennial...

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