Keep Davidson County Beautiful earns Keep America Beautiful 2022 President’s Circle Award Recognition
Lexington, NC – Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, has presented Keep Davidson County Beautiful with its 2022 President’s Circle Award. The President’s Circle Award recognizes exemplary performance by certified affiliates of Keep America Beautiful in creating clean, green, and beautiful communities.
In qualifying for the President’s Circle Award, Keep Davidson County Beautiful has met standards of merit of Keep America Beautiful by conducting an annual Community Appearance Index; calculating the affiliate’s cost/ benefit ratio; and administering initiatives to end littering, improve recycling, and beautify Davidson County’s community. Keep Davidson County Beautiful is one of more than 700 community-based affiliates in the Keep America Beautiful network whose programs, initiatives, and efforts, supported by millions of volunteers, help transform public spaces into beautiful places.
“Achieving the President’s Circle Award means Keep Davidson County Beautiful is working in strategic, creative, and sustainable ways to keep and create beautiful communities,” said Keep America Beautiful President and CEO Jennifer Lawson. “Every day Keep Davidson County Beautiful engages the community members of Davidson County to take the responsibility of keeping clean neighbors, of growing beautiful places, and teaching others of the importance of waste reduction in and out of the home. We are thrilled to celebrate your excellence and are grateful for your example and leadership.”
Its an honor to be recognized by Keep America Beautiful with their highest award for exemplary performance and standard of excellence. This recognition honors the hundreds of volunteers that have dedicated their time to our weekly, monthly and quarterly scheduled events that focus on protecting and beautifying Davidson County’s public spaces through litter prevention, recycling awareness and beautification projects, said Chris Phelps, executive director of the Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County and Keep Davidson County Beautiful.
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Community Appearance Index-Litter Index: The Keep America Beautiful Community Appearance Index-Litter Index is a tool used by its affiliates to visually assess overall appearance of communities through indicators such as litter, illegal signs, graffiti, abandoned or junk vehicles, and outside storage. A team of community, business and government representatives conduct the visual analysis using a scoring system ranging from 1-4, with “1” rated as “no litter” to “4” being “extremely littered.” Each year, affiliates grade their communities during a drive by examination of the same areas at the same time of the year. This provides an indication of the success of each community’s anti-littering education and other anti-littering programs.
Cost/Benefit Analysis: This measurement tool enables Keep America Beautiful affiliates to demonstrate their ability to leverage community resources by determining the dollar value returned to the community for every dollar invested by the government.
About Keep Davidson County Beautiful and The Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County
The Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County’s primary focus is the development of Davidson County’s Tourism and recreation infrastructure as a means of furthering economic development and improving the quality of life throughout Davidson County.
Keep Davidson County Beautiful works in harmony with TRIP’s mission by working toward a county in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live through educating and raising awareness on litter prevention, improving recycling, and community beautification.
For more information on how you can help Keep Davidson County Beautiful by volunteering, donating, or to join our email list, please visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/keepdavidsoncountybeautiful
About Keep America Beautiful
Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. Established in 1953, Keep America Beautiful strives to End Littering, Improve Recycling, and Beautify America’s Communities. We believe everyone has a right to live in a clean, green and beautiful community, and shares a responsibility to contribute to that vision. The organization is driven by the work and passion of more than 700 Keep America Beautiful affiliates, millions of volunteers, and the collaborative support of corporate partners, social and civic service organizations, academia, municipalities, elected officials, and individuals. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
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