Real Estate

Beachfront preservation is valuable and a significantly increases real estate values.
- Higher real estate values means higher property taxes.

In June of 2007, the Village of Sister Bay, Wisconsin, purchased 371 feet of shoreline and beachfront at a cost of US$4,900,000.
- Their annual budget was US$2,700,000.
- They turned it into a park.
- They understood that clean, healthy beaches means economic opportunities.
- It became the most visited beach in the county.