Our vision is for Houston to be recognized nationally as one of the cleanest, most metropolitan cities in America.
Through education and community partnerships, we foster resident and neighborhood awareness of the important role citizens can play in preserving the natural beauty and visual amenities of our city.
Through education and community partnerships, we foster resident and neighborhood awareness of the important role citizens can play in preserving the natural beauty and visual amenities of our city.
HISTORY
The Houston Clean City Commission, d.b.a. Keep Houston Beautiful, was created in 1979 and charged with the task of creating a clean and beautiful city. As a local affiliate of the national organization, Keep America Beautiful and the state organization, Keep Texas Beautiful, Keep Houston Beautiful learned that the way to lasting improvement was through education and a change of attitude by each individual as to their personal responsibility towards the environment. Throughout our history, training, positive reinforcement, and recognition have been major components of all program activities. Encouraging and supporting cleanup and beautification projects by neighborhoods and community groups is a key focus of Keep Houston Beautiful. In 1998, the City of Houston awarded a grant to Keep Houston Beautiful to operate the Clean Neighborhoods Program. This program was used as a case study to develop a best practice on Urban Partnerships to prevent litter and illegal dumping guide for the U.S. conference of Mayors and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. “Building Clean, Livable Cities” national litter summit in 1999. Throughout its history, Keep Houston Beautiful has received local, regional and national recognition and has a successful track record of working with local businesses and leading Houston corporations to promote effective partnerships solutions to eliminating urban blight.
Keep Houston Beautiful Board of Directors
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President
Walter Hambrick, Jr. Vice President Becky Edmondson Treasurer Daniel Derozier Houston Clean City Commission
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Alan Steinberg
Ilsa Garcia Katheryn Abou-Chakra Miranda Maldonado |
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Leticia Ablaza
Kate Abou-Chakra Joyce Akins Priscilla Arguetta Razi Asaduddin Lora-Marie Bernard Susan J. Cita Daniel Derozier Becky Edmondson Ilsa Garcia Huey German-Wilson Herlinda Gonzales Alexandria Griffin-Autrey Arturo Gutierrez Walter Hambrick, Jr, Chair Dir. Harry Hayes Luis H. LaRotta Miranda Maldonado Melissa Moss Karen North |
Don Poarch
Benjamin H. Proler Noah Rattler Shavonnah Schreiber Jason Smith Morris Smith Mark Solano James Spear Alan Steinberg Dr. Adriana Tamez Sara Tyler Stephen Williams The Houston Clean City Commission (HCCC) was created to direct and oversee a comprehensive program for the purpose of beautification, litter reduction and recycling education in the City and to bring about a long-term improvement in the attitudes and trash handling habits of citizens. Commissioners are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. Keep Houston Beautiful board members are selected from among the commissioners to govern the 501(c)(3) organization.
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Keep Houston Beautiful 104 N. Greenwood Houston, Texas 77011 Office: 832-834-6105 info@houstonbeautiful.org |
