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Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful Celebrates Parks and Trails Month Affiliate

Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful Celebrates Parks and Trails Month

Blog post written by Amanda Maron, KGPB Coordinator, City of Grand Prairie - Solid Waste and Recycling DivisionKeep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup is the nation's largest community improvement program, taking place annually each spring from March through May. Keep Texas Beautiful recently introduced themed months to help inspire events in your community. For the last…
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April 28, 2021
Guest Blog: Costa Cleanups are keeping it clean on South Padre Island Programs

Guest Blog: Costa Cleanups are keeping it clean on South Padre Island

Blog post written by Tonya Tallard, Founder of Costa Cleanups.  Costa Cleanups is a team of dedicated ambassadors and volunteers that focus on cleaning unmaintained, beautiful areas of shoreline littered with ocean trash in South Padre Island. Members of Costa Cleanups have been cleaning beaches and waterways for years, but Costa…
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March 26, 2021
Beautify Texas Awards Past Winner Highlight: Martha Knies Beautify Texas Awards

Beautify Texas Awards Past Winner Highlight: Martha Knies

Blog post written by Sarah Attwood and Stephanie Nestlerode of Keep Wimberley BeautifulMartha Knies exemplifies the unmatched volunteer spirit that characterizes the CAN-DO attitude found in Wimberley Texas. In 1992, before Wimberley's incorporation, Martha was having breakfast on the Square with her friends, when they started talking about all the weeds…
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March 23, 2021
Reducing Waterway Pollution Programs

Reducing Waterway Pollution

Photo Credit: Oceana March is waterways cleanup month! Clean waterways are vital to human and environmental health, but they remain one of the most polluted parts of our world. Most of the litter found in waterways, not only those in Texas but those around the world, are a result of…
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February 26, 2021
GCAA 2020 Category Winner 9: Tyler Programs

GCAA 2020 Category Winner 9: Tyler

Each year, the Governor's Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) celebrate ten Texas communities for their outstanding efforts to keep their communities beautiful. From the Texas coast to the Panhandle, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has awarded cities with this honor since 1986. Winners are selected for their ability to engage…
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February 25, 2021
GCAA Category 7 Winner: The Colony Programs

GCAA Category 7 Winner: The Colony

Each year, the Governor's Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) celebrate ten Texas communities for their outstanding efforts to keep their communities beautiful. From the Texas coast to the Panhandle, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has awarded cities with this honor since 1986. Winners are selected for their ability to engage…
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February 12, 2021
Staff blog: Texas Legislative Session – The Basics and What to Expect in 2021 Programs

Staff blog: Texas Legislative Session – The Basics and What to Expect in 2021

Blog post written by Sara Nichols, Program Director of Keep Texas Beautiful. It's February 2021. This year has already seen the inauguration of a new President and new administration in Washington, and, perhaps a bit more quietly, the beginning of a new legislative session in Texas. The Texas Legislature meets every…
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February 4, 2021
GCAA Category 6 Winner: Alvin Recognition

GCAA Category 6 Winner: Alvin

Each year, the Governor's Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) celebrate ten Texas communities for their outstanding efforts to keep their communities beautiful. From the Texas coast to the Panhandle, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has awarded cities with this honor since 1986. Winners are selected for their ability to engage…
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February 2, 2021