Hamilton 2030 bid chairman Lou Frapporti told CHML Good Morning Hamilton radio that the group will aim to deliver a more meaningful and sustainable project than what was originally proposed two years ago when the Hamilton 100 bid was first discussed.

"What it looks like now it quite dissimilar from what it looks like as we began the process and then began discussions around the potential 2026 bid," Frapporti said, according to Gamesbids.com.

"We wanted to move away from the concept of a bid being something that happens 10 years from now and turn it into more of a movement."

Hamilton had originally launched its campaign to have the event return to the city in Ontario 100 years after they first staged them, when they were called the British Empire Games, before switching its attention to the 2026 edition when it became clear there was no clear choice to follow Birmingham 2022.

But they were forced to abandon the bid in April when the Ontario Government refused to back the bid because they wanted to concentre its efforts on ensuring that Toronto was chosen as a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which Canada is co-hosting with the United States and Mexico.

Frapporti now hopes to get the project back on track by seeking greater public engagement and trying to convince them that most of the financial burden will be borne by the private sector and not the taxpayer.

"The movement is something that, I think, has very broad community acceptance - about promoting sustainability and wellness, in a variety of different ways with partners," he told CHML Good Morning Hamilton, Gamesbid.com reported.

"We want to build assets in the region that are viable from a financial perspective and are constructed and financed in a way that is reasonable.

"Generally speaking [the Games] are problematic because they cost too much taxpayers money. 

"They’re focused on an event rather than a community and we wanted to turn that upside down."

The change of direction, on the part of Hamilton 100, has already been outlined in a presentation to the city’s General Issues Committee.

"The initial funding request for sports infrastructure, which would normally be part of a Games programme, we are almost entirely going to privatise," Frapporti told the Committee, Global News reported.

"So, there will be no request to the city in that regard.

"We, as a bid organisation, will be making no request of the city for financial support in any way whatsoever."

Frapporti promised a public consultation process to seek community feedback on how to make the Games more attractive to the public in Hamilton, particularly in areas such as sustainability and climate change.

"This is the central pillar of our work," he said.

"How can we bring in the entire community in that we’re looking to do it right now around existing community projects that are all aligned with the Games and will be key benefits in the end."