Village of Egg Harbor receives Governor's Tourism Stewardship award

The small village gets a big honor for its efforts to protect the environment by being sustainable.

IN ENVIRONMENTALSUSTAINABILITY.N-B-C 26'S JENNABREE TAKES US TOEGG HARBOR INTODAY'S REBOUNDREPORT.2:27EGG HARBORRECENTLY RECEIVEDTHE GOVERNOR'STOURISMSTEWARDSHIPAWARD.THIS HONOR GOES TOA BUSINESS ORCOMMUNITY THATPROMOTESSUSTAINABLEPRACTICES...SOMETHING THEVILLAGE HAS BEENWORKING FOR THEPAST THREE YEARS..."One of the great thingsabout being in a littlevillage is that when youhave an idea, it doesn'ttake too long to executethat and I think that'swhere the village of eggharbor has accelerated."WITH A POPULATIONOF AROUND JUST 200PEOPLE --EGG HARBOR IS ASMALL VILLAGEMAKING BIG CHANGESTO BECOMESUSTAINABLE."It was a real honor to berecognized for ourenvironmentalstewardship that we'vebeen working hard on forthe last 3 or 4 years."IN 20-17, THE VILLAGEOF EGG HARBORBECAME THE FIRSTMUNICIPALITY INDOOR COUNTY TOBECOME A GREENTIER LEGACYCOMMUNITY --A DEPARTMENT OFNATURAL RESOURCESPROGRAMPROMOTINGSUSTAINABILITY...NOW -- VILLAGEADMINISTRATOR RYANHEISE SAYS THEY'RELEADING THE STATE INENVIRONMENTALSTEWARDSHIP..."Our hope is that as wesucceed in ourenvironmentalstewardism, others will aswell."THE VILLAGECREATED A TASKFORCE TO FIND WAYSTO BE MORESUSTAINABLE --LIKE MAKINGCOMPOSTING ANDELECTRIC CARCHARGERS AVAILABLETO EVERYONE,GETTING RID OFSINGLE-USE PLASTICSAND ALLOWINGRESIDENTS TO EASILYGET SOLAR PANELSFOR THEIR HOMES."I think it's one the onlyways that we can moveforward as a society andit's a really healthy way toview your society and yourlifestyle."SUSTAINABILITYCOORDINATOR LYDIASEMO SAYS WHENTOURISTS COME TOEGG HARBOR --THEY APPRECIATETHE VILLAGE'SEFFORTS TO PROTECTTHE ENVIRONMENT..."I think door county is sucha unique community thatwhen they do come hereand they see that smallbusinesses are stillthriving and that we aredoing sustainableinitiatives, that they areinspired to do the samewhen they go back home."SEMO SAYS THERE'SSTILL MORE TO DO --THE VILLAGE ISLOOKING TO INSTALLSOLAR PANELS THISSUMMER...THEY ALSO WANT TOSTART COLLECTINGTHERMAL ENERGYFROM WASTEWATER..."Oh there's always work tobe done, absolutely.

It's agrowing process to besustainable.

You cannever stop beingsustainable it's always anever-changing thing."THE COVID-19PANDEMIC HASCHALLENGED A LOTOF THESE EFFORTS --THE TASK FORCEHASN'T BEEN ABLE TOMEET AND GIVEPRESENTATIONS IN-PERSON.BUT THEY'RE TAKINGTHIS TIME TO FOCUSON COMING UP WITHNEW IDEAS TOBECOME EVEN MORESUSTAINABLE.IN EGG HARBOR,JENNA BREE, N-B-C 26.STILL TO COME...THEPACKERS ARE SITTINGPRETTY