Amie Burrill This is Me

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1. 1. Burnsville Event & Attractions News

   www.burnsvillemn.com/newslette - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/19/2007   Last Visited: 12/19/2007

   Amie Burrill Executive Director 952-898-5644

2. 2. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce

   www.burnsvillechamber.com/boar - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/29/2008   Last Visited: 1/29/2008

   Amie Burrill Burnsville Convention & Visitors' Bureau Phone: 952-898-5644

3. 3. Convention bureau exec comes home to promote Burnsville

   www.thisweek-online.com/2006/s - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/22/2006   Last Visited: 9/23/2006

   That's especially true for Amie Burrill, the bureau's new executive director, who left a job with the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce to work in the city where she lives.
   
   Burrill was hired in August to replace Melissa Flach, who left the bureau in December.
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   "It's two miles almost exactly from my house to the bureau, so no traffic," said Burrill, who moved here four years ago with her husband, Eric. "I don't have to pay anyone to park my car. It's really great to be able to enjoy a city that you live in and be able to promote it professionally. It's a real blessing for me."
   
   Burrill says she has things to learn about the hospitality and tourism business, but her previous job as small-business manager for the regional chamber was good preparation.
   
   "I think with my background I can really fit into it fairly easily," Burrill said.
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   Burrill, a 1987 Edina High School graduate, attended Bemidji State University. Before joining the Minneapolis regional chamber, her jobs included fundraising for the American Heart Association's Heart Walk and working in career services for Brown College in the Twin Cities.
   
   At the bureau, Burrill will lead a three-person staff whose operations are funded by a 3 percent lodging tax at Burnsville's 10 hotel/motel properties.
   
   The staff is preparing for the annual "Canvas and Vines," a fundraiser for the bureau and the Burnsville Area Society for the Arts. The wine-tasting, food-sampling and art auction is Thursday, Oct. 12 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the International Chefs' Culinary Center.
   
   "It's our flagship event," Burrill said.
   
   Burnsville has more convention and tourism opportunities than may meet the eye, Burrill said, from migratory birding along the Minnesota River to top-notch meeting and banquet spaces.
   
   "There's a lot to do when you really think about Burnsville," she said.