BURTON RECEIVES “FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS” DESIGNATION FROM TEXAS FILM COMMISSION
The City of Burton has been designated a Film Friendly Texas community.
Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday that the city received the designation from the Texas Film Commission after completing a multi-step training and certification process. The Texas Film Commission, according to Abbott, helps to grow local jobs and local economies by promoting the state as a destination for film, television, commercial, animation, visual effects, and video game production.
Abbott congratulated the city on earning the designation, adding the state is committed to working alongside communities to ensure they have the knowledge and tools needed as all aspects of the state are reopened and revitalized. He said through the Film Friendly Texas training and certification process, communities of all sizes are prepared to help match local businesses with production-related needs, create jobs for Texas-based crew members and local residents, and spur on-site spending at local small businesses.
For communities to become film friendly certified, community liaisons must attend a Film Friendly Texas training workshop and receive ongoing training and guidance from the Texas Film Commission. They must also pass administratively enforceable filming guidelines—which the Burton City Council did last April—that promote media production in a manner that is mutually beneficial for residents and industry professionals. In addition, they must submit photos of filming locations in their community for inclusion in the Texas Film Commission location database.
The city joins more than 140 Film Friendly Texas communities, including Bryan, Caldwell, Giddings, La Grange, and Navasota.
According to Abbott, the Texas Film Commission in the Office of the Governor’s Economic Development and Tourism Division has attracted $1.5 billion in local spending and created more than 154,000 production jobs across the state from 2007 to 2019.
To see a map of all Film Friendly Texas locations, click here.