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===Tourism=== Sea Isle City has long been popular with summer visitors. In 2002, the printed message on its signature water tower was changed from "Welcome to Sea Isle City" to "Smile! You're in Sea Isle City". The word "City" was later removed from the message in 2018. The "Sara the Turtle Festival" is one of the city's annual festivals, celebrating a [[fictional]] turtle named Sara. Aimed towards families with young children, the festival features live animal exhibits and face painting meant to educate children about the local environment.<ref>[http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/arts+and+entertainment/sea+isle+city/92974-sea+isle+city039s+2013+sara+turtle+festival+was+largest+date "Sea Isle City's 2013 Sara the Turtle Festival Was Largest to Date"], ''[[Cape May County Herald]]'', June 21, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Sea Isle City β The 2013 Sara the Turtle Festival attracted hundreds of children and their families to Sea Isle City's Excursion Park on June 20. The annual event, which is hosted by Sea Isle's Division of Tourism, featured live animal and environmental exhibits, a 'Diaper Derby' for crawling babies, 'Turtle Races' on the sand for older children, a live performance by 'The Turtlesingers' and other free entertainment."</ref> The city hosts a [[Polar bear plunge]] every February, holding the 25th annual event in 2019, featuring many participants dressed in costume.<ref>Rose, Lisa. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/speedos_bikinis_at_polar_bear.html "Polar Bear Plunge in Sea Isle City features sleet, Speedos and bikinis"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 19, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Sleet rained down on folks in Speedos and bikinis in Sea Isle City this past weekend, as the town hosted its 19th annual Polar Bear Plunge. The cold jump in the ocean was only part of the politically incorrect spectacle, which featured a phantasmagoric costume contest and a ceremonial crowning of a Polar Bear King and Queen."</ref> In 1999, the city's only amusement park, Fun City, was closed and the land was sold for development of beach homes. In 2009, a new amusement park called Gillian's Funland was opened on JFK Boulevard by the bay as a public-private venture between Sea Isle City and neighboring [[Ocean City, New Jersey|Ocean City]] mayor Jay Gillian. Funland was permanently removed, however, following the 2013 summer season for financial reasons in part due to losses from [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>Ianieri, Brian [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/sea-isle-amusement-park-closes-for-good/article_51f0c614-8adf-54b4-ab62-38b3f21882fb.html], "Sea Isle amusement park closes for good", ''[[Press of Atlantic City]]'', February 22, 2014. Accessed July 21, 2014</ref> In 2011, Sea Isle City began a $14 million makeover to create a public corridor from the bay to the ocean. Plans included a new boathouse on the marina, installing a new playground and basketball courts on JFK Boulevard and erecting a pavilion and band shell at Excursion Park on the city's Promenade overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>Miller, Michael. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/sea-isle-city-officials-hope-bay-to-ocean-corridor-will/article_a68b8614-76cb-11e0-9dd0-001cc4c03286.html "Sea Isle City officials hope bay-to-ocean corridor will lead visitors to local attractions"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', May 5, 2011. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref> Sea Isle City became one of the first municipalities in New Jersey, along with [[Salem, New Jersey|Salem]] and [[Egg Harbor City, New Jersey|Egg Harbor City]], to implement LED streetlights powered solely by wind and solar energy. The lights were installed at the Promenade at JFK Boulevard by the South Jersey Economic Development District and the [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]].<ref>Procida, Lee. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/hammonton_egg-harbor-city/egg-harbor-city-and-sea-isle-city-to-test-hybrid/article_010b8076-7b6d-11e0-9ff4-001cc4c002e0.html "Egg Harbor City and Sea Isle City to test hybrid streetlights"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', May 11, 2011. Accessed July 22, 2014. "Egg Harbor and Sea Isle cities will join Salem as the first in the state to get streetlights powered solely by the wind and sun, a technology with the potential to take tens of thousands of lampposts off the electricity grid in southern New Jersey."</ref>
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