Who Should be Petaluma's 2012 Good Egg?

Do you know a person who helps promote Petaluma’s heritage?

Nominate them to be this year's Good Egg, an annual award given to people who work to promote Petaluma and keep its history alive.

Application is attached on the right

The Good Egg is introduced at Butter & Egg Days Opening Ceremonies, which will be held this year on Saturday, April 21, at Noon at the Petaluma Historical Museum. The Good Egg will also ride in the Butter & Egg Days Parade, on Saturday, April 28.

Started 29 years ago, the Good Egg Award is presented annually to a Petaluma citizen whose ‘egg-ceptional’ effort over time has helped preserve and contribute to the positive promotion of the city of Petaluma, its history and its people. Last year, the honor went to Christopher Stevick, managing director of the Petaluma Trolley and one of the most vocal advocates of the trestle rehabilitation project.

The Good Egg Award is an honor created by The Butter and Egg Days Committee to recognize a legacy of positive promotion begun by booster Bert Kerrigan, who worked from 1918 to 1926 to establish international recognition of Petaluma as a center of commerce and agriculture. Mr. Kerrigan’s promotion of Petaluma included the famous National Egg Days celebrations, which inspired the creation of the Butter and Egg Days event. Kerrigan brought Petaluma fame with the phrase “The World’s Egg Basket.”

To nominate a “Good Egg”, send a nomination form or letter to: The Good Egg Award Committee, c/o Petaluma Downtown Association, 210 Lakeville Street, Petaluma, CA, 94952. All applications must be received by Wednesday, February 29 at 5 p.m.

Your letter should identify how your prospective Good Egg has helped to promote Petaluma and its history within the community and beyond. They may have done this by working to preserve Petaluma history, promoting Petaluma’s distinctive resources, or helping others to remember and honor historic Petalumans or Petaluma achievements. This needs to be someone who has contributed to the preservation or promotion of Petaluma’s history.