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TOWN OF NEWMARKET
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The Town of Newmarket recently received three awards from MarCom Awards and an honourable mention for the Award of Excellence at the Creative City Summit 2018.
The three MarCom awards include:
- Platinum Award for the 2016 to 2017 Community Report: where community meets character - Print Media for Government
- Platinum Award for Safety Starts with You: Cycling Safety Video Series – Educational Web Video
- Gold Award for Safety Starts with You: Cycling Safety Video Series – Motion Graphic Video
- Character meets community
- Innovation meets open minds
- Culture meets community
- Work meets play and,
- The familiar meets the unexpected. Whatever your preferences may be, there is a place for you in Newmarket.
Safety Starts with You: Cycling Safety video series was created as part of an overall Traffic Safety Campaign that features Newmarket's safety mascots Safety Cone Sam and Belle the Bike. This video series includes three educational videos that focus on helmet safety, cycling hand signals and understanding how to navigate bike lanes and signs.
Creative City Summit 2018 presented the Town of Newmarket’s Inaugural National 10 Minute Play Festival in 2017 with an Honourable Mention in the Cultural Event Category for the Award of Excellence. This award recognizes a Canadian municipality that demonstrated visionary leadership by initiating, creating, and producing an exceptional cultural event or by empowering and supporting a community initiative that led to an exceptional cultural event.
The Newmarket National 10 Minute Play Festival – founded by former Dramatic Arts teacher Michael Halfin, with support from the Town of Newmarket, is a multi-day national festival for contemporary Canadian playwrights to express, explore and experiment with their storytelling. The festival is organized into six concise, fast-paced, ten-minute long plays in one hour and features professional actors and directors.
About the MarCom Awards
MarCom Awards is an internationally recognized organization that honours excellence in marketing and communications. It is the largest creative competition in the world that receives approximately 6,000 print and digital entries.
About the Creative City Network Canada
The Creative Cities Network of Canada (CCNC) is a non-profit organization made up of municipalities, arts organizations and individuals working to support cultural development in their communities. CCNC facilitates knowledge sharing professional development in the field of local cultural policy, planning and research.
For more information about other awards the Town of Newmarket has received, please view our awards page.
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