JAY — The town of Jay is the latest, and possibly smallest, North Country community to earn the distinction of being a bronze-level Climate Smart Community. This state Department of Environmental Conservation program is a point-based system that incentivizes clean and efficient energy actions with access to grants and other benefits.
Knut Sauer, a town council member and chair member for Jay’s CSC task force, has been leading the town’s effort alongside a few town officials and a group of community members. He said Nancy Bernstein at the Adirondack North Country Association was instrumental in starting the town’s clean energy projects, but this role sort of fell into his lap. However, as a salesperson, the pseudo-competitive nature of the point system has motivated him.
“Achieving this milestone is really exciting,” he said. “Putting the town of Jay on the map as a small municipality — forward-looking and progressive as it comes to climate-smart initiatives.”
Read the full article in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.