Results tagged “keephoustonbeautiful”

Technically the name is the 23rd Annual Mayor's Proud Partner Awards presented by Keep Houston Beautiful. KHB is non-profit entity who vision is make Houston "one of the cleanest, most beautiful metropolitan cities in America." The MPPA is one of three recognition programs designed to motivate Houstonians to raise up off the sofa, head outside and make a difference in the community. Know anyone that should be recognized? Not sure what qualifies? Pretty much any...

No, that's not a typo. Houston can't be beautiful without u — uh, you! Tomorrow is Houston Beautiful Day, so let's make Houston shine! The day coincides with the beginning of The Great American Cleanup, which lasts until May 31st. Over the next month and a half, Houstonians will plant trees, pick up trash, and paint over graffiti, among other things, to improve the appearance of their neighborhoods. You can volunteer here to organize a...

Houston is having one hell of an Arbor Day and you too can be a part of it (you just have to get your hands a little on the dirty side). Arbor Day was established in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City, Nebraska. It seems that the Nebraska Territory was not readily settled, due to the lack of trees on the tallgrass prairie (the better to build and heat cabins - log cabins, not grass ones). Hey, if free land won't bring in the settlers, something is seriously amiss! Purportedly, over a million trees were planted in Nebraska on the first Arbor Day, then only a one-state event. Word of how cool planting trees really is spread pretty quickly - considering there were no cell phones "back in the day". The tree-planting holiday was celebrated in every state by 1894.