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Heritage Gardens & Esplanades Liberty Gardens Earth Quilts

Keep Houston Beautiful Day, April 10, 2010

Keep Houston Beautiful Day is Houston 's signature event of the Great American Cleanup™, the largest one-day

neighborhood cleanup in Houston.

Additional activities:

FIRESTONE TIRE AND SERVICE CENTERS WILL ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR PROPER RECYCLING:

· Residential used engine oil;

· Residential automotive oil;

· Residential passenger and light truck scrap tires (Limit 8 per individual).

Firestone Stores:  

HOUSTON SCHOOLS: We will provide you with "litter literature" for the classroom and trash bags if you choose to de-litter your school

grounds and clean your classrooms.

GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Your group can select to clean city streets, parks, or remove graffiti in any area on any day you choose

during the 8-week cleanup campaign. We will provide GLAD® ForceFlex™ Trash bags for your cleanup activity to registered volunteer groups.

Underwritten by:

Republic Services Inc., First Community Credit Union, Silver Eagle Distributers and Astros

Supported by:

Allied Waste Services · Mayor Bill White and Houston City Council · Mayor's Citizens' Assistance Office ·

City of Houston Solid Waste Management · Houston Pepsi Cola Bottling · Neighborhood Protection Corps ·

Parks and Recreation Department · Houston Independent School District · Waste Management

We Beautify
For more than 25 years, Keep Houston Beautiful has been making our city shine. From helping neighborhoods organize cleanups to our

nationally recognized Clean Neighborhoods program that is the foundation of neighborhood oriented government, we are always at the

forefront of beautification and urban transformation.

There are a number of ways that we can work with you, your neighbors, your civic organization, your community association, your church

or any other group. The first step is training on how to organize and conduct a cleanup. We have step-by-step procedures for you to follow

and forms to guide you along. You can download these forms. CLICK HERE.

We also maintain a warehouse filled with the kinds of tools you'll need for a cleanup. There is a form you can download with all the instructions

about how to reserve tools and supplies, when and where to pick them up and where to return them. Please remember that there is not an

unlimited supply, and the sooner you arrive to pick up your items, the greater the chance there will still be some.

Download the warehouse forms. CLICK HERE.

Donations of plants, flowers, trees, mulch, and other beautification items are graciously accepted.  Click here to donate.

Keep 5 Alive

Initial efforts targeted general clean-up activities to beautify the area. The Steering Committee recruited volunteers and coordinated activities for weekend clean-ups. A number of City of Houston Departments participate and are coordinated by Keep Houston Beautiful. Conoco focuses its energies in local parks and on the homes of numerous elderly residents in need of painting and lawn work which is performed by thousands of employee volunteers. Each year, Fifth Ward steadily improves and in recent years, new housing and redevelopment of existing housing has begun in the area, due in part to the efforts of Keep Five Alive to reclaim the area.

Earth Quilts

Click here for Master Garden Plan

Click here for Procedures and Materials

More advanced Earth Quilting is offered in the Adult Guide to Earth Quilt Gardens.

You can also take on the beautification of an esplanade near your community, your church or school. There is a very specific procedure for taking on such a project. The ideas for making a difference are limitless. You can download the information you need to get started. Click Here

We Clean

Clean Neighborhoods

Clean Neighborhoods is a comprehensive, neighborhood oriented government strategy to combat existing litter, graffiti, and illegal dumping

in selected neighborhoods and heavily traveled transportation corridors. To prevent the recurrence of these blights, the program focuses on

enforcement, education and community improvement and beautification projects utilizing the valuable input and participation of area residents, businesses and civic groups.

The Clean Neighborhoods Program relies on Keep Houston Beautiful's effective system for organizing communities and helping residents to

work with city government to control environmental blight in their neighborhoods. Seven key elements are essential to the effort: community organization, training of community leaders, assessment of litter/solid waste problem, community improvement projects such as cleanups

and beautification efforts, anti-litter/illegal dumping enforcement programs, communications, and access to the City's Task Force so that

residents have a "one-stop" coordinated response by several City departments.

One highly effective technique used by residents in Clean Neighborhoods areas is citizen patrols for graffiti and illegal dumping. Teams of

citizens are organized and trained to spot such activities, monitor them, and collect necessary information for the police during regular

patrols of their target neighborhood.

The target areas of the Clean Neighborhoods program are: the Old Spanish Trail area, the East End, Northeast Houston, Near North Side,

the Houston Gardens neighborhood, and the Gulfton area. The areas are chosen by the City's Solid Waste Department and Keep Houston

Beautiful based upon continuing problems such as illegal dumping and graffiti and community support for the program.

If you would like to learn more about the Good Neighborhoods program or need additional information and registration forms, please E-mail                 us at: info@houstonbeautiful.org.

Mural Projects Targets of graffiti are being transformed into community enhancing public art and educational initiatives by harnessing the creative energy and talent of neighborhood youth through the Graffiti Hurts Mural Project. In collaboration with the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County's (CACHH) Civic Art and Design Program, the Keep Houston Beautiful's Clean Neighborhoods Program is sponsoring the creation of murals by youth groups under the guidance of a professional artist.

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