The
Southwest Harbor & Tremont Chamber of Commerce is pleased to
announce that Ann Judd is the 2015 recipient of our annual Citizen of
the Year Award, which will be presented again this year at the
Quietside Flamingo Festival's Polo and Yacht Club Cocktail Party to
be held on Sunday, July 19th
from 5-7:30pm.
Ann
Judd lives with her husband Lee in Southwest Harbor and Spring
Island, South Carolina during the winter months. Ann is a former
volunteer teacher of music, French, and environmental education to
Pemetic elementary students (1991-2007), and has served on the
Southwest Harbor Conservation for over 20 years previously as Chair
and presently Secretary, and chairs its Beautification Committee.
During her time as Conservation Commission Chair she initiated the
New Century Tree Planting Program, planting about 50 shade and
ornamental trees in downtown Southwest Harbor and along its main
streets. She also directed the renovation of the downtown Veterans
Park, getting federal grants and many local contributions so that it
could be ready in time for Southwest Harbor’s 100 year celebration
in 2005 complete with a beautiful Veterans honor wall.
She
is an Approved Horticulture Judge for the Garden Club of America and
is active in clubs in Maine and Georgia. Ann is the Co-Chair of the
Advisory Committee for the Thuya Gardens and is a board member of the
Land and Garden Preserve (which oversees the Thuya and Asticou Azalea
Garden, Northeast Harbor).
She
is a South Carolina Master Naturalist and a Maine Master Gardener.
In 1998, with the help of Pemetic Students, Master Gardeners and
local volunteers, Ann established the Butterfly Garden at the
Charlotte Rhoades Park in Southwest Harbor. Each summer, she directs
volunteers and instructs classes in organic habitat gardening at the
Rhoades Park and from June to October supervises a Monarch Butterfly
Waystation Project for the local community.
When
you see Ann, please thank her for her years of service and join us on
July 19th
at the Causeway Club for the Polo and Yacht Club Cocktail Party to
help us publicly honor her contributions.
For
more information on joining the party at the Causeway Club on the
19th,
contact Harbor House at: 244-3713 or Diana@harborhousemdi.org.
