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On this very important day, the City of Burlingame would like to acknowledge and thank the brave men and women who have served and continue to serve our country! We are ever so grateful for your sacrifice and service. Thank you. We salute you!

The vision for a dance and fitness studio in the new Burlingame Community Center is now a reality thanks to the generous sponsorship of Alicia and Pat Moorehead. Alicia and Pat are devoted Burlingame residents who spend half their time at their Long Beach home when they aren’t traveling the world or enjoying family. Pat was a lifelong (now retired) firefighter, and Alicia had an impressive career in venture capital. Above all else, quite literally, they are passionate about skydiving. In fact, that’s how they met! Pat will celebrate his 90th birthday by doing nine jumps in a single day!

Alicia and Pat chose the dance and fitness studio to be their legacy gift to the Community Center due to their passion for living a healthy lifestyle. When asked about their choice, they said they love the bird's-eye view from the sprung wood floors and towering glass windows of the studio that peers over their Burlingame apartment and provides views to the gorgeous redwoods located in front of their home.

The City is thrilled and ever so grateful to have Pat and Alicia sponsor the dance and fitness studio and its furnishings. They are working with staff to have their own special inscription of “Under the Gingko Tree” painted on one wall to celebrate their love for Burlingame and each other. We thank the Moorehead family for this generous legacy gift and the lifetime of physical fitness for our community that it will support.

To donate to the Burlingame Community Center Capital Campaign, or to get more information about giving opportunities, please visit burlingamecommunitycenter.org.

The Parks and Recreation Department is excited to start programming YOUR new Community Center! Please take a couple of minutes to share your ideas about potential Community Center offerings so we are ready to go when the doors open in summer 2022!

What types of programs, classes, and support do you want? What about your family, friends, neighbors, and pets? All new and creative ideas are welcome!

Please share the survey link with anyone who would be interesting in providing feedback! If you’d like to see an update on the progress of the project, please visit the project web page!

You can also send any ideas to Recreation Manager Nicole Acquisti at nacquisti@burlingame.org. We appreciate your comments and are looking forward to seeing you soon!

Click here to take the survey!

Local resident Hallie Gilmore and her family have transformed their lawn into a colorful landscape. Hallie and her husband developed the design themselves, and then worked with a contractor on the installation. Their new yard includes drought tolerant and native plants watered through drip irrigation with a smart control. They filled the landscape with edible flowers, herbs, vegetables, and pomegranate, apple, lemon, lime, and fig trees. This gorgeous space has become a haven for birds, bees, butterflies, and frogs.

For inspiration, Hallie perused landscaping books from the Burlingame Library, stopped by local nurseries, and visited the gardens of friends and family including those of her mother and sister. Hallie is passionate about gardening and says, “I’d love to help spread the goodness of gardens however possible. Lawn culture is a waste; there’s so much more we can do with our spaces.”

Thank you Hallie for sharing your beautiful outdoor space!

Burlingame residents can get a discounted smart irrigation control here.

To share your lawn to landscape experience, please email smichael@burlingame.org.

Burlingame’s Parks crew recently installed a new hydration station at Cuernavaca Park - adding to the City’s growing collection of hydration stations at parks. Hydration stations allow people to fill up water bottles and make a big impact in reducing waste. This latest hydration station was funded by the County of San Mateo’s Office of Sustainability 4Rs Grants Program. The 4Rs Grants Program offers funding assistance to local programs that help divert waste from being sent to the landfill. Thank you San Mateo County for this opportunity!

Remember to bring a water bottle with you to fill up at your next park excursion and avoid buying disposable water bottles. The City’s fountain water is the best water around – it comes directly from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite. In contrast, most bottled water is filled with tap water from Southern California.

Sustainable San Mateo County (SSMC) is now accepting nominations for its 2022 awards program, which honors those who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to sustainable practices. Applications must be received by December 6. SSMC will celebrate the awardees at its 23rd annual Awards Celebration during the spring of 2022.

Sustainability Award nominations may be made in five categories: individuals, nonprofits, businesses, educational institutions, and government. In addition, SSMC is accepting nominations for its 20th annual Green Building Award, which it cosponsors with the San Mateo Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Application forms and criteria for the awards are available on SSMC’s website at https://sustainablesanmateo.org/awards. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

Peninsula Clean Energy is also accepting nominations for its 2022 All-Electric Awards program, which recognizes builders, property owners, and design teams on the forefront of building electrification in San Mateo County. Nominations are due November 17. Winners will be honored during SSMC’s Awards Celebration. For more information, visit Peninsula Clean Energy’s website at PenCleanEnergy.com/all-electric-awards-2022.

For more information about Sustainable San Mateo County, visit https://sustainablesanmateo.org, or email advocate@sustainablesanmateo.org.

The City of Burlingame invites the community to nominate a Burlingame veteran or current member of the U.S. Armed Forces for special recognition at the November 15 City Council meeting, where Mayor O'Brien will present certificates of appreciation virtually to new nominees. If the service member is unable to participate in the virtual meeting, a family member or friend may accept the certificate on their behalf.

Please note that certificates of appreciation will only be awarded to new honorees who have not been recognized in previous years.

Please send an email with the following information to info@burlingame.org, and include "Veterans Day" in the subject line, no later than Friday, November 12.

Please continue to follow these important tips for shopping the Fresh Market:

For more information, visit burlingamechamber.org.

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Students in grades 6-12 can join members of the Burlingame Library Teen Advisory Board on Zoom to workshop their poetry, prose, short story, etc. for the United Against Hate Art & Poetry Slam and/or the United Against Hate Teen Zine. Registration is required.

Click here to register as a participant.

Click here to register as an audience member.

Students in grades 6-12 are invited to participate in the first ever Burlingame Stands United Against Hate Art & Poetry Slam! All art and poetry must have a social justice theme and submissions are due by Saturday, November 13.

Please register your poem or artwork at https://forms.office.com/r/5yrhju6ATA.

If you would like to attend as an audience member only, please register so that you may be contacted if bad weather forces this in-person event to transition to a Zoom event.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors recently approved a second round of grants for San Mateo County Strong’s Small Business Grant Program. This program provides funding for small businesses that have not received any assistance from the County, State, or federal COVID-19 relief programs in the past 12 months.

The application portal is open until Friday, November 12 at 5:00 p.m. FAQs in multiple languages can be found here. If you have additional questions not already addressed on the FAQs page, please email sbgrant@smcgov.org.

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