Speaker: Elle Anzinger is the Chair of the Hatboro EAC and a member of the Pennypack Steering committee. She is a former Council member. She has a varied background in geology, environmental engineering and works with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the EAC?: Established in 2020, the Borough of Hatboro Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) is an appointed board comprised of Borough officials, residents, and business owners who devote themselves to protecting Hatboro’s environment. The EAC’s focus is on protecting the environment and improving sustainability. The EAC research environmental issues and funding sources in order to advise Borough officials as they consider undertaking projects that preserve, protect, and support the natural environment. The EAC provides education on environmental issues. Some of their recent activities:
- Walk works..2 mile walk through town with residents providing environmental information along the way
- Earth Day..Held in Eaton Park with various vendors educating public on solar, wind, electric vehicles, honey etc.
- Shade Tree inventory of park trees. Promoting planting more trees
- Looking into putting charging stations for electric vehicles in Hatboro
- With a history of flooding in our streams, EAC is working on stream bank maintenance...currently working in Eaton Park.
These are only a few of the EAC projects with many more on the horizon. The EAC can be found at http://www.myhatboro.org/EAC
To contact Elle http://elle.anzinger@gmail.com