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M arch21, 2001C ontact: Sue D avis713-392-6011 /sue@ suedavis.net

Keep Houston Beautiful Day

Will Leave City Shining

H ouston w ill be shining after hundreds of volunteers put in som e serious cleanup w ork for Keep

H ouston Beautiful D ay April 2.

Students, com m unity organizations and businesses w ill join forces for projects across the city.

It"s all part ofthe G reat Am erican C leanup?".

So m any activities are planned for this year that one day could not contain them all. The first project w ill be held M arch29in the W ashington Avenue C orridor, as volunteers from Super N eighborhood 22, R epublic Services, H ouston R ockets and Asakura R obinson C om pany, clean up the area, plant trees, m ow and even plant containers of vegetables. In honor of H ouston"s17Sthbirthday this year, the Keep H ouston Beautiful D ay kickoff will be held April 1 at Allen"s Landing, the site w here, according tolegend, the Allen Brothers first set foot in w hat w ould becom e the C ity of H ouston. Volunteers from Low e"s H eroes, Paul R evere M iddle School and H ouston R ockets w ill be picking up litter,m ulching trees, pow er w ashing and painting park benches, to nam e a few of the tasks.

O n April 2, Keep H ouston Beautiful w ill return to the Acres H om es area in northw est H ouston to

continue the Adopt-a-D itch program begun last year in partnership w ith the C ity of H ouston

Public W orks

&Engineering D epartm ent R ight of W ay and Fleet M aintenance Division along Ferguson W ay. The goal of the effort is to raise the quality of life by transform ing the adopted area into a cleaner, m ore environm entally pleasantplace, keeping the ditch free of litter and debris w hile im proving the quality of the storm w ater and draw ing added attention to stopping illegal dum ping in the area. Volunteers, including students from C havez and M em orial H igh Schools, G reenstar R ecycling and Kohl"s, w ill be planting trees and irises and putting up barriers to keep trucks from parking and prevent dum ping. D oor prizes w ill be handed out at this event, including tw o roundtrip airline tickets courtesy of jetBlue Airw ays and tickets from the H ouston D ynam o, Astros and

R ockets.

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Also that day, the East End M anagem ent D istrict w ill be cleaning up Settegast Park. A cleanup is also planned by residents of Keegan"s G len and a landscaping project by the H erm ann Park

C onservancy.

O n April 9, Better Blocks H ouston has an event planned on H olman St. in the Third W ard. A W estbrae Parkw ay cleanup is scheduled for April 16 by the N ewBraesw ood R evitalization Association. Tw o events w ill be held on April 30, C om cast C ares D ay and the H ouston Bar

Association"s Trash Bash.

For m ore inform ation, please call Keep H ouston Beautiful at713-839-8855 or visit the w ebsite at w w w .houstonbeautiful.org. M any generous supporters help m ake Keep H ouston Beautiful Day possible, including M ayor Annise Parker and H ouston C ity C ouncil, State R epresentative Sylvester Turner, Asakura R obinson C om pany, Better Blocks H ouston, Braes O aks M anagem ent D istrict, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, C havez and M em orial H igh Schools, C ity of H ouston Parks and R ecreation D epartm ent, C ity of H ouston Public W orks and Engineering D epartm ent R ight of W ay and Fleet M aintenance, East End M anagem ent D istrict, G reenstar R ecycling, H om e D epot, H ouston D ynam o, H ouston Independent School D istrict, H ouston R ockets, JC Penney"s, jetBlue Airw ays,

Kohl"s, Living Earth Technology, Low e"s, M arathon O il C orporation, M ayor"s C itizens" Assistance

O ffice, M oody-R am bin Interests, N eighborhood ProtectionC orps, N estle, N ew Braesw ood

R evitalization Association, Paul R evere M iddle School, R epublic W aste Services, Scotts M iracle-

G ro C om pany and W aste M anagem ent.

Keep H ouston Beautiful is the city"s leading organization in beautification, litter reduction and recycling education. For 30 years, Keep H ouston Beautiful has been reaching out to all segm ents of our com m unity to educate and em pow er individuals to take greater responsibility for beautifying and enhancing H ouston"s environm ent. Eachyear"s successes have created a cleaner and healthier city for all H oustonians. The G reat Am erican C leanup?" in H ouston continues until M ay28. G roups interested in planning a project still have an opportunity to bring it to life. There are tw o w ays to subm it an application for a cleanup. You can com plete an on-line application at w w w .houstonbeautiful.org or call 713-839-8855 to have an application faxed to you.quotesdbs_dbs18.pdfusesText_24

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