Two Bay Area Communities are Winners of the 2015 Texas Governor’s Community Achievement Award

Early in March, the Keep Texas Beautiful announced the ten (10) winners of the 2015 Governors Community Achievement Awards.  Amongst those winning communities, are two located in the Bay Area; Keep Dickinson Beautiful and Keep Friendswood Beautiful. The environmental awards recognize the best grassroots environmental programs in the state, and are awarded in 10 different categories, based on population.

Dickinson was awarded $180,000 and Friendswood was awarded $210,000; TxDOT (Texas Dept. of Transportation) provides the funds for the landscaping awards presented. A dinner and formal award presentation will be held during Keep Texas Beautiful 48th Annual Conference in Fort Worth on June 15-17, 2015.

“Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) is a statewide 501(c) 3 nonprofit dedicated to beautifying and improving community environments through programming and education; we address the areas of litter prevention, community beautification and waste reduction. We work with affiliate communities, government agencies, businesses, civic groups, and volunteers to ensure that every Texan has the opportunity to make Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state in the nation. KTB is also a certified state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful.”

(Excerpt from the KTB website, www.ktb.org/about-us.aspx)

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