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    • KSB HISTORY
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  • OUR PROJECTS
    • Demonstration Garden
    • Historic Green Bridge Pocket Garden Est. 2010
    • Pocket Gardens
    • Sculpture Garden >
      • >> Labyrinth
    • Sirena's Garden on Salado Creek
    • DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS >
      • >> 2022 SPRING "DRIVE BY" CLEAN UP
      • >>FALL CLEAN UP 2021
    • Salado Recycling Information
  • Historic Green Bridge
  • EDUCATION
    • 2021 CULTIVATING COMMUNITY
    • 2021 Educational Jamboree
    • HEB/CENTRAL MARKET GREEN BAG GRANT
    • Thomas Arnold Education Center
    • Elementary School Seed Ball Day
    • Salado Junior High School Student Council
    • Salado Montessori Native Pollinator Garden
  • GRANTS & AWARDS
    • 2021 Thomas Arnold Elementary Garden TDA X3e Grant
    • 2019 Coca-Cola Public Space Recycling Grant
    • 2018 Governor's Community Achievement Award
    • 2018 KTB Native Garden Grant
    • 2017 SIRENA FEST AWARD
    • 2016 HEB/CENTRAL MARKET GREEN BAG GRANT
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Keep Salado Beautiful History

Pride of place has always been a characteristic of Salado, and 2008 was no different for a group of folks working with Salado Tourism. Each had a different focus, one was invested in bringing more visitors to town, several were passionate about recycling and the environment, and others were more focused on beautification. This group formed around an idea to affiliate with Keep Texas Beautiful and established Keep Salado Beautiful. We were officially chartered in January 2009 and worked out of the Tourism office with zero budget, operating on total volunteer effort. Our first project was to develop a recycling drop-off at the Village office. This was so successful, that it out grew the location and we relocated to an empty lot behind a Board member’s business. The Salado Recycling Center consisted of an empty truck trailer provided by Temple Iron and Metal. Volunteers maned the station every Saturday morning for the public to drop off their paper, plastic and glass.
 
The revenue from recycling, along with community donations, funded our beautification efforts for several years. We landscaped the center of the circle drive at the Recycling Center, but our first real project was at the center of town, the Green Bridge Garden. This was the beginning of the Pocket Garden project that has defined Keep Salado Beautiful. From trash to beauty, that is the story of KSB.
 
Special appreciation to our first Board Members: Kim Bird, Debbie Charbonneau, Terry Crain, Becky Denton, Karen Kinnison, Will Lowery, Tibish Meyers, Lynette Reed, Sheryl Russell, Jill Shipman, Carol Strong, Susan Terry and Mayor Merle Stalcup. An amazing number of volunteer hours along with support of the community, an incredible amount of effort and creativity, and generous donors have brought us forward ten years. Take a walk! Enjoy the gardens! Realize how much more can be done and join us.



Email

KeepSaladoBeautiful@yahoo.com
  • ABOUT
    • OUR PARTNERS
    • KSB HISTORY
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  • BECOME A KSB Volunteer
  • OUR PROJECTS
    • Demonstration Garden
    • Historic Green Bridge Pocket Garden Est. 2010
    • Pocket Gardens
    • Sculpture Garden >
      • >> Labyrinth
    • Sirena's Garden on Salado Creek
    • DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS >
      • >> 2022 SPRING "DRIVE BY" CLEAN UP
      • >>FALL CLEAN UP 2021
    • Salado Recycling Information
  • Historic Green Bridge
  • EDUCATION
    • 2021 CULTIVATING COMMUNITY
    • 2021 Educational Jamboree
    • HEB/CENTRAL MARKET GREEN BAG GRANT
    • Thomas Arnold Education Center
    • Elementary School Seed Ball Day
    • Salado Junior High School Student Council
    • Salado Montessori Native Pollinator Garden
  • GRANTS & AWARDS
    • 2021 Thomas Arnold Elementary Garden TDA X3e Grant
    • 2019 Coca-Cola Public Space Recycling Grant
    • 2018 Governor's Community Achievement Award
    • 2018 KTB Native Garden Grant
    • 2017 SIRENA FEST AWARD
    • 2016 HEB/CENTRAL MARKET GREEN BAG GRANT
  • NEWS & EVENTS
    • KSB NEWS
    • CALENDER
    • CULTIVATING COMMUNITY - 2021
    • KSB 2020 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT
  • REPORT FORMS
  • CALENDER