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Mayor's Proud Partner Nominations

For the 22nd consecutive year Keep Houston Beautiful (KHB) is honoring the people, organizations, and businesses that help make Houston a cleaner and more beautiful city.  The selected environmental projects are recognized at the Mayor's Proud Partner Awards Luncheon by KHB and the honorable Mayor Bill White for their important contribution to the city.  The luncheon will be held in November.

The call for entries began in July.  You are encouraged to submit a project that you feel is worthy of this honor.  A nomination form and more details about eligibility requirements can be found online at www.houstonbeautiful.org.  All information and applications for the nominations must be received by 5:00 pm on Friday, August 11, 2006.  This is an excellent opportunity to show your appreciation for the volunteers whose efforts play an important role in improving the environment.

If you know of a project or person worthy of this prestigious award click here to submit your nomination.

  Coming To Your  Neighborhood!

Thanks to the reorganization efforts of Mayor Bill White and Houston's volunteer spirit, the C3 Cleanups continue to grow and become more successful each month.  Each month a council district of Houston holds a cleanup.  The cleanup is scheduled on the third Saturday of the month and the area is chosen based on Keep Houston Beautiful's Litter Index, 911 calls about criminal activity, and 311 calls for neighborhood nuisances such as early placement of heavy trash, junked vehicles, and unkept vacant lots.   The area with the highest number of calls in the designated council district is targeted for the C3 Cleanup event.  The zip code determined to be the most in need of intervention based on the data receives the attention of the C3 program.  It is well documented that keeping problem areas clean decreases crime while enhancing community pride. more..

To view the calendar for upcoming C3 events click here.

Welcome

2006 Houston Clean City Commission

On May 3rd forty-eight newly appointed and reappointed individuals were approved by the Mayor and City Council to serve as commissioners on the Houston Clean City Commission d.b.a. Keep Houston Beautiful.

Commissioners

Chairman Emeritus - W. J. Bowen

Chairman - William C. Linthicum

Diamantina Araujo

Keiji Asakura

Linda K. Brown

Thomas "Buck" Buchanan

Katherine Bui

Penny Hess Butler

Tanaz Choudhury

Susan Cita, ASLA

Nathaniel "Nick" Clayton II

Rey de la Reza, FAIA

Susana Duarte

Montecella Flaniken

D.V. "Sonny" Flores

Mark Fowler

Raymond Franks

Robert W. Gibbs

Jose Griñan

Earl Lee Harrison

Michael Hatley

Charlotte A. Haynes

Ruth Hurst

Rhenel Johnson

Darryl King

Michael Lavengco

Sallé Morse

Karen North

Donald L. Poarch

J. Howard Rambin

Robert A. Ridge

Brian Sims

Daniel Sullenbarger

Adriana Tamez

Jose Armando Valdes

Steven L. Williams

Calvin Wills

Chris K. Wilmot

Carla Wyatt

Janice Gabriel, District A

Janice S. Rose, District C

Bessie Swindle, District D

Paul Kevin Dix, District E

Mike Rippert, District F

Harry Phillips Jr., District G

Jose A. Medrano, District H

Romero Fonseca, District I

Robin Blut, Executive Director

Commission Meeting Schedule:

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Thursday, May 24, 2007

 

On the Trail of Trash

The first annual On the Trail of Trash was held in May.  The event encouraged Houstonians to Get Up, Get Out, and Get Cleaning the area parks and trails.  The Houston Parks & Recreation Department, The Park People, Keep Houston Beautiful, Halliburton, Shell Oil Company, Marathon Oil, and Lyondell united to make the inaugural park trail maintenance and cleanup event a success. 

Houston was one of twenty-five cities selected by the Texas Department of Transportation for the "Trash and Treasure Hunt" community clean-up event taking place around the state this spring and summer as part of the "Don't Mess with Texas" litter prevention campaign's 20th Anniversary celebration.  The "Trash and Treasure Hunt" was fused with On the Trail of Trash at Hermann Brown Park.  Volunteers had the chance to win prizes including a round-trip airfare on Southwest Airlines.  Other sponsors for the "Trash and Treasure Hunt" included La Quinta, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, and Blue Bell Ice Cream.  The Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Starbucks Coffee Company, and Chick-Fil-A were on hand as refreshment sponsors.  more..

2006 Environmental Summit

The Houston Environmental Summit was hosted by the Solid Waste Management Department, Mayor's Office of Health Policy, and Keep Houston Beautiful.  This year the event was held at the Marriott West Chase on June 1st.  Sessions were held throughout the day to discuss sustainable development, energy issues, community education, air quality, and flooding.  During the luncheon the Environmental Excellence Awards were presented to the recipients and the Houston Community College put on an amazing recycled fashion show. 

Numerous forward thinking companies attended to share ideas and new techniques.  The City of Houston took this opportunity to announce its new Go Green campaign to encourage recycling in neighborhoods.  It is wonderful to see all these great minds together in one place to discuss environmental issues.

Want to start a recycling program at your school?  These links will help get you started.

Got a Dell?

If you have a Dell computer give yourself a pat on the back for choosing to buy from a company with an environmental conscience.  Dell has announced that they will accept their consumer products for recycling at any of their retail locations free of charge.  This will help to reduce the amount of electronic waste that goes to landfills while setting an example for other electronic companies to follow.

Way to go Dell!

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