Downtown Burlingame Celebrates Holiday Window Awardees, Judges, and Merchants as the New Year Begins
While the holiday season has passed, the creativity and community spirit it brought to Downtown Burlingame continue to shine.
This year’s contest featured a diverse group of participating merchants, including:
Merchants transformed their storefronts into warm, festive displays that welcomed residents and visitors throughout the holiday season.
Each display was evaluated using criteria that included creativity and originality, visual impact, holiday spirit, craftsmanship and detail, and lighting and presentation. Judging was conducted using a rigorous scoring system based on creativity and originality, visual impact, holiday spirit, craftsmanship and detail, and lighting and presentation.
Downtown Burlingame proudly recognizes the following award recipients:
First Place – Morning Glory Boutique
Second Place – Penflora Designs
Third Place – Crepevine
Honorable Mention – Caffe Central
People’s Choice…Penflora Designs
Every participating merchant contributed to a festive and welcoming downtown experience. As we move forward into the New Year, the creativity and collaboration demonstrated through this contest set a positive tone for continued partnership, community engagement, and economic vitality in Downtown Burlingame.
Downtown Burlingame extends heartfelt thanks to the judges (Jeannine Lewis from San Francisco/Silicon Valley Magazines, Marcia Bauer and Carol Batte from the Burlingame Beautification Commission, Hadia Khoury, a local merchant-Hadia’s Skin Care, and Haiyang Hu, a frequent Burlingame customer and financial consultant) for their professionalism and to all participating merchants for contributing to a festive and inviting downtown experience.
As we begin the New Year, we thank our merchants, judges, and community and look forward to continued creativity and collaboration throughout the year ahead and next year’s holiday contest establishing Burlingame as the holiday destination city!