Good Afternoon Everyone,
It is with regret that I provide you with the media release will be sent out today. Please see below.
This morning the Board of Directors recommended after much discussion that Creative Burlington close its doors as of September 30, 2011.
A special members meeting will be held at the Waterfront Hotel, 2020 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, on September 20th at 6:00pm to consider this recommendation. Full details below. Please RSVP as soon as possible. If you wish to send a proxy you can download one here: word doc or pdf.
Creative Burlington (Performing Arts Burlington) has worked hard since 2000 to build recognition of the role of arts in our community, build a database and bring attention to artists of all disciplines. Our Artworks Magazine has received very positive response in it's new format. The fall edition will be distributed the last week of September.
With more than 400 members, more than 30% of whom are artists, we know that artists and arts matter. They are part of the heart of a community. Please take opportunity to support their work and celebrate their talent.
Many, many thanks to you for your generosity and your support over the years. You are the reason Creative Burlington existed.
--Deb Tymstra, Executive Director
Press Release - Creative Burlington will close September 30
September 7, 2011
BURLINGTON, ON – The Board of Directors of Creative Burlington has decided to cease operations effective September 30, 2011.
“We reached the decision with great reluctance and regret but knew we could not continue without long-term financial support. We have concluded that the financial stability of the organization is too uncertain despite our efforts to obtain sustainable funding through events, programs and other vehicles, including a request to the City of Burlington,” said Paul Mitchell, President of the Board of Directors.
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have supported us over the years, including our generous corporate partners, our 400 plus members and our dedicated staff. We are proud of our highly successful programs to promote arts and culture in Burlington, including the Arts Recognition Awards held last February, our magazine Artworks and various festivals and events. It would be a shame if these initiatives disappear, but we are not in a position to continue them,” Mitchell said.
Deb Tymstra, Executive Director, said the decision to cease operations was especially regrettable because of the demonstrable need to promote and support the arts in Burlington.
“We have been advocating for the City of Burlington to give significant recognition and support to arts and culture in its new Strategic Plan, including the establishment of a Burlington Arts Council. Arts and culture are vital to a successful, creative and inclusive community. We believe the City must be a leader in supporting this important sector,” Tymstra said.
Creative Burlington began in 2000 as Performing Arts Burlington, a community-based group to advocate for a performing arts centre. It raised $64,000 for the facility and provided experts to help design the centre and serve on the Project Management Team.
At the same time the organization provided programs and events to strengthen recognition of performing arts in Burlington. It later expanded its mandate to include all art forms and was renamed Creative Burlington in 2010.
For more information, please contact:
Deb Tymstra
905 631-6666
deb@creativeburlington.ca
NOTICE OF A
GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF PERFORMING ARTS BURLINGTON
(operating as Creative Burlington)
TAKE NOTICE that a general meeting of the members of Performing Arts Burlington will be held at the Waterfront Hotel, 2020 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, on the 20st day of September, 2011, at 6:00 o’clock p.m. for the following purposes:
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To consider and if thought advisable to enact a by-law providing that upon the dissolution of the Corporation and after the payment of all debts and liabilities, the remaining property of the Corporation shall be distributed or disposed of to governments or charitable organizations or to organizations the objects of which are beneficial to the community, substantially in the form of the by-law attached hereto.
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To consider, and if thought advisable, authorize the surrender of the Corporation’s charter for the purpose if its dissolution.
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To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
DATED at Burlington the 7th day of September, 2011.
BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
President, Performing Arts Burlington
Board of Directors
By-Law No. 3
PERFORMING ARTS BURLINGTON
BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of Performing Arts Burlington
(the “Association”) as follows:
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Upon dissolution of the Association, and after payment of all its debts and liabilities, its remaining property or a part of that property shall be distributed or disposed of to the Crown in right of Ontario or its agents, the Crown in right of Canada or its agents, municipal corporations, charitable organizations or organizations whose objects are beneficial to the community.
