FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Burlingame Green Street Fair contacts:

Contact: Denyse Jones, drjdesign@gmail.com, 415-970-1092

or Leslie Lamarre, leslie@trgarch.com, 650-579-5762

Burlingame Green Ribbon Task Force contact:

Terry Nagel, Chair, terrynagel@gmail.com, 650-347-3576 or 650-678-7082

Burlingame Hosts Second Annual Green Street Fair

BURLINGAME, Calif. – May 10, 2009 - On Sunday, May 17, the second annual Burlingame Green Street Fair will bring together green vendors, nonprofit organizations, children’s groups, builders and designers in downtown Burlingame to demonstrate creative ways to become energy efficient and live sustainably.

Presented by the city’s Green Ribbon Task Force, the fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. adjacent to the Burlingame Fresh Market on Park Road between Burlingame and Howard Avenues. It will include more than 50 vendors, children’s activities, live youth performances, free giveaways and demonstrations by dance and martial arts studios.

Highlights of the fair include:

• Sustainable vehicles, including automobiles, scooters, bicycles and Segways
• The Burlingame Eco-Chorus, featuring local children
• Project Runway Recycled, a recycled clothing fashion show
• A free recycled art project for children to complete
• Sustainable building and design services, home furnishings and landscaping
• Sustainable home décor, fashions and accessories, artwork and greeting cards
• Interactive green energy displays, including solar ovens, lighting, composting and recycling
• Demonstrations of yoga, spinning, Indian, Irish and Latin dancing, hip hop, hula hoops and martial arts
• Raffles and giveaways

The Green Street Fair is sponsored by Smart Car, SDI Insulation, TRG Architects, 88HVAC, Green Mechanical, the Daily Journal and GreenV Sustainable Center. It is organized and run by volunteers at no cost to the City of Burlingame.

Free rides to the fair are available on the Burlingame Trolley, which travels between hotels along Burlingame’s bayfront and the Broadway and Burlingame shopping districts, with stops at both Burlingame train stations. To see a map of the trolley’s route, visit http://www.commute.org/shuttle_burlingame_free.htm.

Last year’s Green Street Fair attracted more than 1,000 visitors. Hundreds signed an “Eco Pledge” promising to avoid using plastic bags.

About the Burlingame Green Ribbon Task Force

The Burlingame Green Ribbon Task Force is comprised of local residents, business owners and education representatives, as well as members of the Burlingame City Council and the Burlingame Planning Commission. The Task Force is drafting the city’s Climate Action Plan, which is scheduled to be presented to the City Council on June 15. It will soon be forming a “Burlingame Green” citizens’ group.

To stay informed about developments, individuals may sign up for a free “Go Green” city e-newsletter at www.burlingame.org/signup. Those who wish to join new citizens’ group should contact Brian Eli, beli@burlingame.org.

The Task Force also is offering its first series of seminars designed to help residents learn how to adopt sustainable lifestyles. The six seminars will be held on Thursdays from June 11 through July 23 (with July 2 omitted) from 7 to 8 p.m. The cost is $20 for the series with advance registration, or $7 at the door for each event, provided space is available. Refreshments will be served and there will be free giveaways at most events. For details, visit http://www.burlingame.org/Index.aspx?page=8&recordid=1603&returnURL=%2fIndex.aspx%3fpage%3d1

Burlingame residents and nonresidents can register for the seminar series at the Burlingame Parks and Recreation Department at 850 Burlingame Ave., online at www.burlingame.org/rec or by calling (650) 558-7300.