Houston Clean City Commission Inc

Programs: General cleanup & beautification program:coordination of volunteers to clean & beautify neighborhoods. Clean up programs engage individuals in activities that reduce waste & promote recycling and beautification of public spaces. Over 8,545 volunteers contributed 34,180 hrs. To help remove 200,800 lbs of trash & debris from the community. Landscape enhancements include beautifying the entrance to the nrg stadium prior to the li super bowl in partnership with txdot. Plants installed include 11 trees and 8,070 drought tolerant ornamental grasses and dwarf bottle brush shrubs. Other improvements include new sidewalks along the east side of south main from mcnee road to murworth dr. Two metro bus shelter pads and water conserving irrigation.

weeded lot program: khb plays a vital role in the community by maintaining a warehouse of tools for loan to community & civic groups for mowing vacant lots overgrown with weeds. Through a close partnership with the city of houston department of neighborhoods, khb provided tools and supplies on a daily basis resulting in 263 overgrown lots mowed by community groups and 1,053 overgrown lots mowed by mow down contractors.

general education: throughout the 2016-2017 fiscal year khb reached a total of 25,000 citizens at community outreach events. Khb participated in the 3 day bulb & plant mart hosted by the houston garden club, the reuse and repurpose li super bowl committee, and was among the hundred organizations who set up booths at the boy scout fair at the nrg arena. Khb participated in earth day fairs at st. John's & goddard's schools, houston center, & u of houston-downtown. Other educational outreach events