Keep Pearland Beautiful has been awarded Gold Star Recognition from Keep Texas Beautiful. This award honors the organization for their work.
To achieve Gold Star status, KPB members were required to share information on their mission and goals and to participate in the Governor’s Community Achievement Award(GCAA) programs.
The Beautify Texas Awards, formerly the Keep Texas Beautiful Awards, recognize the efforts of those working to enhance their community and protect the Lone Star State. These awards range in honoring extraordinary volunteers, professionals, youth, educators, businesses, local/civic governments, organizations, and specific projects and programs. One winner per category are recognized at the annual KTB Conference.
KPB also received GCAA Second Place in Population 90,001 – 180,000 and Sustained Excellence – Applications Receiving a Score of 90 or Higher, 2020-2022!
The GCAA program is one of the most prestigious annual environmental awards in Texas. This year, ten winning communities will share $2 million in landscape awards from the Texas Department of Transportation for their outstanding overall efforts to keep their communities beautiful. All award winners will be recognized at the annual Keep Texas Beautiful Conference held June 27-30, 2022 in Austin, Texas.
The Beautify Texas Awards, formerly the Keep Texas Beautiful Awards, recognize the efforts of those working to enhance their community and protect the Lone Star State. These awards range in honoring extraordinary volunteers, professionals, youth, educators, businesses, local/civic governments, organizations, and specific projects and programs. One winner per category is recognized at the annual KTB Conference.
The history of Keep Texas Beautiful dates back to 1967, when Texas was preparing for the 1968 HemisFair in San Antonio and more than 16 million tourists were expected to descend upon the state.
A variety of representatives from diverse entities, including the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, decided that Texas cities and highways should be given a “facelift” so visitors would see a clean, beautiful state. To accomplish this goal, the group created a non-profit educational corporation, supported totally by membership dues, known as the Beautify Texas Council.
Realizing the importance of what had been accomplished via local volunteers and their love of their communities, the Beautify Texas Council continued to support communities in their beautification efforts even after HemisFair. By 1968, the Council had supplied almost every Texas town with information on how to improve their city’s appearance.
In response to enthusiastic efforts from dedicated volunteers across the state, the Council eventually increased its focus to highway beautification, environmental education and public awareness, procurement and distribution of funding and support to local volunteers, and creating and maintaining valuable relationships with state officials and agencies.
In 1985, the Beautify Texas Council officially became Keep Texas Beautiful, Inc., and a state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Since that time, KTB has won top honors as an outstanding KAB state affiliate and have grown by creating an extensive affiliate program.
Keep Texas Beautiful now has the largest environmental and community improvement network in the state.
