Oak Grove Avenue Closure This Weekend
Caltrain will be performing foundation installation work in Burlingame to support the railroad electrification project. This work will require a temporary street closure at the Oak Grove Avenue grade crossing. Oak Grove Avenue will be temporarily closed from Saturday, January 19 at 10:00 p.m. to Sunday, January 20 at 5:00 a.m. Illuminated and directional signs will direct vehicle traffic to Broadway Avenue and North Lane as detours on the night of the closure. To contact the project hotline, call 650-399-9659.
For more information, or to view a detour map, click this link
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Welcome New Businesses!
The City of Burlingame encourages you to support and shop at our local businesses - old and new. We welcome the following new businesses.
New Businesses on Broadway
In the Works and Coming Soon
If no website is listed, we were unable to find one at the time this newsletter was produced.
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Happy One Year Anniversary to the Adopt a Drain Program!
It has been one year since the City of Burlingame launched the Adopt a Drain Program! Thanks to 86 drain heroes, 112 drains have been adopted in our city. To adopt a drain near your home or business, visit
www.burlingame.org/adoptadrain and check out the Adopt a Drain map. Adopting a drain means pledging to keep it free from litter and debris. Plus, the City will provide free cleaning supplies for volunteers. Did we mention you can also name your adopted drain?
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Your Book Donations Matter Every Day at Our Library!
Your Burlingame Library Foundation is hard at work making sure that the Library is a vibrant and amazing place for all of our residents. The Foundation funds terrific and creative children and adult programs, teen events, author evenings, Family Fun Nights, summer reading programs, and poetry months, along with the latest in technology and work spaces.
This past year, in partnership with the Library trustees, the Foundation created a new Speaker Series, hosting "This American Life’s"
Ira Glass, and an interview of activist/actress Patricia Arquette by Representative Jackie Speier. During 2018, the Foundation’s book sales team sold more than 58,000 books, all donated by community members, and raised $109,400 – the highest amount ever.
Books sales translate directly into the programs we know, love, and count on from the Burlingame Public Library.
You can donate books, CDs, and DVDs of all kinds at the main library at 480 Primrose Road. For pickups of large donations, contact
books@BurlingameLibraryFoundation.org,
or call 650-588-7491. Donations are tax-deductible, and every dollar raised supports free Library programs.
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Environmental Tip of the Week
Drop off unwanted, unused, or expired medications at a safe medication disposal site
Do you have old prescription drugs lying around? Starting January 2019, there are more places where you can safely dispose of these items. Walgreens is providing free safe medication disposal options in all of its drugstores. Learn more at
walgreens.com/combatdrugabuse.
If you're not located near a Walgreens, you can always take your old medications to your local Police Department in San Mateo County. For a list of locations, please visit
www.smchealth.org/rxdisposal.
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Professional Women Returning to Work
Tuesday, January 22, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tech Lab, Burlingame Main Library
This talk will highlight a range of issues faced by women returning to work. Through a panel discussion and networking, women will explore the following topics: the transition process, skills and professional development, entering the job market, job search strategies, and resources.
The panel includes Rita Deo Barber, Visionary Content Strategist, Executive Director, APT; Kathryn Gorges, Marketing Strategist & Business Coach at Essentials; and Bernadette McBurnie, Life by Choice, Success Coach/Entrepreneur.
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Annual City Council Goal-Setting Session
Saturday, January 26, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lane Room, Burlingame Main Library (enter at the Bellevue Road entrance)
The community is encouraged to attend the City's annual goal-setting session. City Council and staff will review project initiatives in support of the City Council's four priorities: housing, transportation, sustainability, and infrastructure. Community members will be provided with two opportunities for public comment. Light refreshments will be served.
ADA access via the ramp at the Bellevue Road entrance will be made available.
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Save the Date - S.T.E.A.M. Fest
Saturday, February 9, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Burlingame Main Library
The Burlingame Public Library will celebrate all things Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through a day of presentations, workshops, and hands-on activities (including screen printing your own commemorative tote bag, while supplies last)!
Participating organizations will include Anthem Screen Printing, Bay Area Discovery Museum Try-It Truck, Coder Bunnyz, Dinosaurs Rock, Fantastic Trash with Peopleologie, Iridescent Learning , Kids & Art Foundation, Mad Science, Mini Mix’d Dance Company, Play Well TEKnologies, Save Nature Insect Lab, Ukulele 101 Beginner’s Workshop, Wild Things Wildlife Rescue, Xtreme Science Magic Laser Show, and more!
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Community Events
(events not sponsored by the City of Burlingame)
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Solar Installation Volunteer Training
Saturday, January 19, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lane Room, Burlingame Main Library
Participate in an orientation session training covering the basics of solar, electricity, and construction from nonprofit
SunWork
. Afterwards, you are eligible to volunteer for solar installations, working together with SunWork's small staff, attaching racking, running conduit, hanging inverters, and mounting the solar panels. Register
here.
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Going Solar Workshop
Saturday, January 19, 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lane Room, Burlingame Main Library
Learn about solar photovoltaic (PV) for your home from nonprofit SunWork. Understand the basics of solar PV, the economic benefits of going solar, the options you have, and purchasing tips. Special focus will be on home owners with low electric bills averaging under $100/month. Register
here.
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's, "Cinderella"
February 1-10; Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware St., San Mateo
Directed by Brad Friedman, musical direction by Attilio Tribuzi, and choreography by Robyn Tribuzi. Features San Mateo High School's drama program and both Burlingame and San Mateo students.
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Shop Burlingame - your tax dollars support City services!
A message from the Burlingame Chamber of Commerce
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