Mayor Morgan McPherson was on hand to speak to the city’s involvement and commitment in making Key West a model for green living for both residents and visitors.   Chris Belland from Love Your Island presented the staff of Old Town Manor with Love Your Island t-shirts and made all the guests take the Love Your Island Pledge and presented everyone with Love Your Island pins. 

And if this wasn’t enough, Runi and Walter presented each guest with amazing gift bags, on par with those given to Academy Award presenters.  Everyone received a re-useable shopping bag that can be used for groceries, to cut back on plastic bag usage.  Inside the bag were organic coffee from Island Joes, aluminum water bottles that can be reused and recycled, Smart Energy light bulbs that last 60 years, delicious organic oatmeal raisin cookies from the Dockside Café, lunch for two at Dockside Café, and a two for one coupon from Sebago Watersports.

This event and the efforts made by Runi and Walter and the entire staff at Old Town Manor once again demonstrated that we all benefit by making an effort to go green.

Laura Comer from the Florida DEP presenting Walter and Runi with their Florida Green Lodging Certification


Innkeeper Association President Ian Whitney, Runi Goyal and Chris Belland.

Guests included Matthew Hemerich, Tom Oosterhout and Jody Smith Williams.