Keep Lewisville Beautiful

Programs: Spring clean up (scu) is klb's largest annual litter abatement program. It is a city-wide event that is open to the public and focuses on community involvement, beautification, and environmental education. It is held in april in conjunction with the keep texas beautiful trash off and the keep america beautiful great american clean up program. In 2017, 665 volunteers participated, were given supplies and clean up locations, and sent out to clean up city parks, medians, streets, creeks, empty lots, and illegal dump sites. Volunteers collectively spent 2,716 volunteer hours beautifying the city of lewisville and collected over 7 tons of trash to be disposed of properly. An educational expo was also onsite, providing education for event attendees. Door prizes, goody bags, and free t-shirts were given to volunteers.

make-a-difference-day is an annual beautification planting day hosted by klb in conjunction with the keep america beautiful get growing national planting day. It is open to the public and free of charge. During 2017, klb hosted two beautification events with a total of 272 volunteers who gave more than 918 hours. On october 21, 2017, 134 volunteers spent 469 volunteer hours planting native prairie grasses and native wildflowers, sealed wooden structures used for education programs by lisd, removed invasive species from 3 educational gardens, planted 1 pollinator garden, and cleared 3 community hiking trails of debris and overgrowth. On october 28, 2017, 138 volunteers planted prairie seedlings in the lewisville lake environmental learning area.

trinity trash bash is klb's annual waterway litter abatement program. It is a city-wide waterway clean-up event that is open to the public and free of charge. It is held in november in conjunction with the keep texas beautiful waterway clean up program. In 2017, 441 volunteers were given supplies and clean up locations which included local creeks, streams, shorelines, and illegal dump sites. Volunteers gave more than 1,544 hours and removed 4 tons of trash. In conjunction with the trinity trash bash, klb hosted a waterway education event to educate the public about the importance of clean and healthy waterways. Klb invited community partners, including the city of lewisville, upper trinity regional water district, waste management, and local non-profit organizations to educate event attendees. Door prizes, goody bags, and free t-shirts were given to volunteers. Klb also partnered with the city of lewisville to plant 5 trees at lake park, and gave away 4 trees in honor of texas arbor day.

10 klb/city staff spent 50 hours planning, implementing, and educating the public about cigarette litter. As part of a state-wide and national effort to raise awareness, promote, and educate to public about recycling, klb hosts recycling projects on texas recycles day. Klb also partners with local high school student clubs (environmental club, student council) to host recycling awareness games and booths at the trash bash environmental expo engaging students to discuss recycling.

klb provides john boehm youth grants to high school and church youth groups, and other organizations and individuals for projects that educate and foster community involvement litter abatement, beautification, and resource conservation.

klb also hosts other events such as the annual texas recycles day project to raise awareness and education about recycling, the arbor day tree planting event, community clean-up days throughout the year, adopt-a-spot and clean stream team programs, free gardening classes at the lewisville public library, the christmas tree recycling program, and various community education presentations throughout the year.