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About Keep Athens Beautiful

Keep Athens Beautiful is a non-profit organization comprised of volunteers dedicated to preserving the natural beauty and environment of the community. It is an affiliate of Keep Texas Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful.

Keep Athens Beautiful partners with schools, businesses, community organizations and residents to promote beautification, litter prevention and education.

Annual city wide clean ups take place in April and November, Adopt-a-Highway volunteers clean up designated areas 4 times a year and probationers provide Keep Athens Beautiful manpower with monthly clean ups. The organization has been successful for 20 years and received numerous statewide awards for its efforts. The results make Athens a cleaner and more beautiful place to live and work. For more information call 903-675-7961.

 

Our Mission

Keep Athens Beautiful works towards a cleaner, more beautiful community by improving attitudes and behaviors regarding the environment. The Keep Athens Beautiful Board of Directors help guide program initiatives for sustained and substantial litter reduction, beautification efforts, and overall community improvement.



Our Goals

  • To promote beautification efforts in the community.
  • To maintain sustained litter reduction.
  • To promote the proper handling of solid waste.
  • To enhance environmental awareness through education.

 

Our Objectives

  • Identify and improve areas of general community concern.
  • Increase awareness of each individual’s role in taking care of our community.
  • Promote adequate maintenance of public and private property.

 

Committee of the Keep Athens Beautiful Board
*clicking on one of the Blue links below will open a new window with the page which corresponds with that committee

Beautification Committee projects are the Railroad Park, Beautiful Yard/Business Awards, Mow City Entrances, Hwy 19 Historical Park, GCAA Beautification Projects, Fall and Christmas Decorating Contests.

Litter Prevention projects are Fall and Spring Clean Ups, Texas Recycling Day, Don’t Mess with Texas, Adopt a Hwy and Adopt a Spot, Operation Clean Sweep, Cigarette Litter Prevention.

Education projects are Arbor Day Poster Contest, Eco Camp, Events at each School, Recycling Poster Contest, Graffiti Hurts, Waste In Place curriculum


Board of Directors
Our History