Arizona Film Industry Town Hall, August 16th, 2012 at UA Center for Creative Photography

 

From: Shelli Hall [mailto:SHall@visittucson.org]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 10:27 AM
Subject: Arizona Film Industry Town Hall, August 16th, 2012 at UA Center for Creative Photography

 

The Tucson Film Office & the Arizona Film and Media Coalition present

Arizona Film Industry Town Hall: 

The Power of Film Incentives to Create Jobs and Economic Development

 

 

Tucson, AZ (July 31, 2012) -- The Tucson Film Office and the Arizona Film and Media Coalition (AFMC) present an Arizona Film Industry Town Hall, “The Power of Film Incentives to Create Jobs and Economic Development,” that will take place on August 16, 2012 at the UA Center for Creative Photography.

 

The panel will feature film industry leaders from around Arizona who will talk about why state film incentive legislation failed to pass two years in a row, and what is being done now to ensure the bill’s passage in 2013. A Multimedia Incentive Program has the power to create thousands of high wage jobs, generate millions of dollars in economic impact for Arizona-based businesses and enrich city, county and state coffers with new tax revenue.

 

The event is a call for business leaders and owners to join with film and television professionals that live in Arizona to craft new economic solutions together.

 

Doors will open at 6:00 p.m., and the panel discussion will begin at 7:00 p.m. A Q+A will follow. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited; RSVP to PCatalanotte@visittucson.org in the Tucson Film Office by August 13.

 

Panelists:

 

•          Shelli Hall, Director, Tucson Film Office

•          Mike Kucharo, President, Arizona Film and Media Coalition

•          Barry Aarons, Aarons and Associates, lead lobbyist for incentive legislation

•          Steve Kozachik, Ward 6, Tucson City Councilman

 

Moderator:

 

•          Harry Tate, former Director of the Arizona Film Office at the Arizona Department of Commerce

 

The Center for Creative Photography is located in the Fine Arts complex in the northwest corner of the UA campus. Convenient parking is available at the Park Avenue Garage on the northeast corner of Park and Speedway, with direct access to the Center's front door via a pedestrian underpass.

 

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The Tucson Film Office is a department of the Metro Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Tucson-area as a convention, visitor and film production destination.  It is financially supported by the City of Tucson, Pima County, the Town of Oro Valley and more than 500 individual and business members.

 

The Arizona Film and Media Coalition’s mission is to enhance the economic vitality of the Arizona film and media communities through public relations, education and legislation.

 

For general information or panelist interview requests, contact:

Shelli Hall

Director Tucson Film Office

520.770.2126, shall@visittucson.org

 

Shelli Hall

Director

Tucson Film Office

Metro Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau

520.770.2126

filmtucson.com

visittucson.org

 

The MTCVB is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Tucson area as a convention, visitor and film production destination.  It is financially supported by the City of Tucson, Pima County, the Town of Oro Valley and more than 500 individual and business partners.  See how Tourism Powers Southern Arizona.

 

 

 

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