It's crunch time for Portage's Host Society Committee. 

They have less than three weeks to submit the official bid for the 2010 Power Smart Manitoba Winter Games.  But co-chair Ferdi Nelissen explains the committee remains upbeat and confident the city has what's required to host the event -- the facilities are there and the necessary supports on board. 

 

Nelissen feels the committee is ahead of the game, with a solid committee in place.  With sport facility upgrades and a predicted one million dollar impact on the economy, he says the committee needs to land the bid. 

 

They hope to have the bid prepared a week before the December 1st deadline for fine-tuning.