keep houston beautiful

Who: Keep Houston Beautiful (Houston Clean City Commission)
What: Mayor’s Proud Partner Awards Call for Entries
When: entries due Monday, August 15, 2016
Where: award application is available at www.houstonbeautiful.org
Why: award the efforts of businesses, individuals and community groups who work to enhance Houston’s landscape through environmental and beautification projects
Contact: Audrey Laroche, Program Manager, Keep Houston Beautiful
Secondary Contact: Robin Blut, Executive Director, Keep Houston Beautiful

32nd Annual Mayor’s Proud Partner Award – Call for Entries!
Keep Houston Beautiful, the City of Houston’s Clean City Commission, is now accepting award applications http://www.houstonbeautiful.org/call-for-entries.html for the 32nd Annual Mayor’s Proud Partner Awards. If your group has worked to support our city through volunteer beautification, neighborhood cleanups or conservation activities, the City of Houston would like to hear about it. Gather your organization’s leaders together and select that special project that you would like to submit demonstrating your commitment to keeping Houston beautiful!

The Mayor’s Proud Partner Award application are available online. Please note, all applications must be submitted online and are due no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, August 15, 2016.

Eligible entries include any program, project or individual effort, big or small, carried out and substantially completed during the last year to create a cleaner more beautiful environment. Examples include: beautification and landscaping installations, neighborhood cleanups, environmental education programs, volunteer park improvements, murals (graffiti abatement), waste minimization efforts, litter prevention programs and similar service projects.
Sponsoring groups may include: businesses, nonprofit and civic organizations, garden clubs, youth groups (including, classroom projects), universities, government agencies, religious institutions, medical institutions and individuals.

Be sure to apply today http://www.houstonbeautiful.org/call-for-entries.html! For more information, contact Keep Houston Beautiful at alaroche@houstonbeautiful.org

To learn more about the City of Houston’s sustainability efforts, visit
www.greenhoustontx.gov
www.codegreenhouston.org
www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste