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DOWNTOWN BURBANK NEWSLETTER - APRIL 2006 |
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Recent mentions include coverage in Cosmo Girl and Allure. Allure ran a feature that included current instructor David Loiterstein and former MUD student Jennifer Serndienis in its April 2006 edition. Congratulations to MUD for the national attention and for helping to put Downtown Burbank on the map! www.mud.edu.
BURBANK TOWN CENTER RECEIVES Burbank Town Center has received two awards from General Growth Properties for initiatives created and executed at the mall in 2005. The first award was for “Best Shopping Center Sponsorship & Alternative Revenue” for the increase in film production that occurred at Burbank Town Center last year. Revenue from filming dollars increased by more than 86% from 2004.
Congratulations to Brian Gartland and his hard working team for winning these awards against 220 other shopping centers nationwide.
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DOWNTOWN BURBANK RECEIVES THREE MARKETING AWARDS
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POPULAR FINE ART FESTIVAL RETURNS IN JUNE Downtown Burbank presents the return of the Downtown Burbank Fine Arts and Chalk Festival, a two-day outdoor exhibition and sale of art by leading artists, designers, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists and jewelers scheduled for the weekend of June 10 and 11, 2006. All work is original, one-of-kind and executed by the artists, with nothing manufactured, imported or purchased for resale. The festival takes place on San Fernando Boulevard between Magnolia and Orange Grove, and on the AMC-16 Walkway. San Fernando Boulevard will be closed to vehicular traffic for the weekend shows. Produced in cooperation with West Coast Artists.
If you are an artist
interested in participating, please contact
Ronda Mills
at 818.709.2907 or apply via the internet at
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CITY OF BURBANK ANNOUNCES TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
As an incentive for unregistered businesses to register and pay for past
Burbank business taxes owed, there will be a three month amnesty period
where there will be no penalties or monetary interest charged for past
non-payment of this tax. This program, which began on February 15, 2006,
will run through May 15, 2006. City business taxes, such as the Burbank
Business Tax, are implemented by local governments to generate revenues to
help pay for core city services, such as Police, Fire, Library Services,
and Parks and Recreation programs. If you have any questions about the
program please contact the License and Code Services Division at (818)
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FIRE SERVICE DAY
Join the Burbank Fire Department for Fire Service Day with live
demonstrations, displays and Lil’ Squirt, Saturday, May 13 from 10:00 A.M.
to 3:00 P.M. The event takes place at the Burbank Fire Headquarters at
Orange Grove Avenue and Third Street in Downtown Burbank. Don’t miss the
Burbank Community YMCA Pancake Breakfast from 7:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.
Fire Service Day is sponsored by Cartoon Network, the Walt Disney Company,
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For events, shop and restaurant listings, film times, parking information or to contact us, visit |
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Downtown Burbank's official website. |
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Make-Up
Designory and its retail store, MUD, is getting a lot of national
attention these days. Based in Downtown Burbank at 129 South San Fernando
Boulevard, it is a combination school and retail store. Make-Up Designory
provides training every year to hundreds of students from around the world
to work in fashion, film, and television. MUD, the retail store, carries
products developed by make-up artists for make-up artists.
Downtown
Burbank was the recipient of three marketing awards, two Firsts and one
Second Place, at the annual California Festivals and Events Association (CalFest)
Calfest Celebration Awards held Thursday, February 23 in Las Vegas,
achieving 1st Place for “Best Logo Design” for Taste of Downtown Burbank
as well as “Best Newsletter.” Downtown Burbank received its Second Place
award for the Taste of Downtown Burbank brochure. The CalFest Awards
Program annually recognizes the top innovative ideas and promotional
materials for festivals and events in California and Nevada. 
