KSB In The NEWS
KSB's 2018 Governor's Achievement Award in ACTion!
December 23, 2020 - Keep Salado Beautiful Board proudly announces the completion of the project from our 2018 Governors Community Achievement $90,000 Award. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) awards the prestigious Governor’s Community Achievement Award to Texas communities for their outstanding overall efforts to keep their communities beautiful each year. Keep Salado Beautiful’s 2018 award has been used to install the decorative safety railing on the Thomas Arnold Bridge crossing I-35.
Thomas Arnold Elementary students walk across the Thomas Arnold Bridge for field trips several times a year. KSB sponsors these trips to the gardens or for clean-up events. Safety of the students and other pedestrians that use this bridge will be enhanced by the railing. Travelers on I-35 will notice the railing and the unique Salado “S”.
KSB would like to thank the Village BOA and the Main Street Committee for their work on this project.
Thomas Arnold Elementary students walk across the Thomas Arnold Bridge for field trips several times a year. KSB sponsors these trips to the gardens or for clean-up events. Safety of the students and other pedestrians that use this bridge will be enhanced by the railing. Travelers on I-35 will notice the railing and the unique Salado “S”.
KSB would like to thank the Village BOA and the Main Street Committee for their work on this project.
Salado's Historic Lenticular Green Bridge Pocket Garden Needs Your Help Now
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July 2020 - The two year Main Street improvement project for Salado is in the last phase. The sidewalks and antique lampposts are installed and Capital Construction is in the process of paving the street. The resulting improvements are a massive and will make Main Street easier to navigate on foot, on bike or in a car. The improvements have come with a cost to KSB. Our beautiful historic lenticular Green Bridge pocket garden has been devastated. The native plants installed in 2009 that have been tenderly natured over the past decade are gone. As a result we are reaching out to the community asking for your help. Please consider donating to our Green Bridge Pocket Garden Restoration Project.
There are two ways you can donate:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/204505760979543/1560597374101379/ May 2020 - Keep Salado Beautiful Receives 2019 Coca Cola Public Space Recycling Grant
Updated: October 8, 2020 Our Grant bins have been delivered and are installed through out the Village. The 8 recycle bins were placed on October 8th, thanks to help from Chrissy Lee at the Village office and Merle Stalcup. Information cards have been delivered to businesses so that people will, hopefully, use the bins properly. The Village will be responsible for servicing these bins and plan to add companion covered trash cans. The bins are located at: 1. Barrow, going toward the creek 2. Corner of Main and Royal 3. Sirena 4. Pace Park (lower road) 5. On Main Street at the corner by Barton House and 21 Main 6. Shops on Main 7. Corner by Axis, Salado Wine, and Sylvia’s 8. Springhouse Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) has recognized Keep Salado Beautiful as a recipient of the 2019 Coca-Cola Public Space Recycling Grant. In celebration of America Recycles Day on November 15, 2019, Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (CCSWB) and KTB announced the first-ever 2019 Coca-Cola Public Space Recycling Grant Program to provide KTB affiliates with monetary assistance to help start or strengthen their public space recycling programs. The grants are focused on increasing access to recycling options in parks, green spaces, recreation areas, and on city streets, and educating residents on recycling. Keep Salado Beautiful has received $2,000 to support their recycling project to place eight recycling bins along Main Street and in the Parks. Along with grant money to initiate a recycling bin program in our downtown core, KTB will provide technical assistance as needed to help create effective educational tools to accompany the bin placement. KSB has purchased the Recycling Bins with Grant money that they received. There will be 5 bins placed along Main Street, 1 on Royal Street, 1 at Sirena and 1 in Pace Park. Each bin will have the Village of Salado and KSB logos. Information cards have been printed and will be place at businesses close to the bins to help educate proper use of the bins. The Village will service the bins and has requested to be notified by businesses or members of the community when the bins need to be serviced. Installation of the bins is planned when the Main Street improvements are complete. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Susan Terry at 254-760-1150 |
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KSB's request to use the 2018 Governor's Grant Has been approved by the STate of Texas
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On June 12, 2018 Keep Salado Beautiful was awarded the 2018 Governor's Community Achievement Award.
Each year Keep Texas Beautiful along with the Texas Department of Transportation selects award winners from across the state of Texas for their ability to engage citizens, local businesses, schools and other organizations in environmental improvement initiatives that result in a landscaping award from TxDOT. Salado was selected in Category 1: Population up to 3,000 and received an award of $90,000. KSB Board representatives met with the Village officials, Village staff and members of various Village groups to consider all possible uses of the our 2018 Governor's Grant and it was decided to install an ornamental railing on the bridge across I-35 at Thomas Arnold. This railing will not only provide a much needed safety measure for pedestrians that across the bridge but will also provide a beautiful treatment to be seen by all travelers on I-35. |
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Pace Park Clean-Up Project
Pace Park Clean-Up Project:
On June 1, 2019 from 11:00 – 1:00 KSB and Salado volunteers gathered to clean up litter and flood damage in Pace Park following recent storms. 12 volunteers (2 of whom were Scouts) worked for 3 hours each and cleared 20 pounds of trash/debris and 5 pounds of recyclables, and began the process of clearing the swimming area.
Also, the Village crew came in during this time and moved out the trees that had been uprooted during the flooding.
The Village plans include:
Salado's Main Street Historic Green Bridge Improvements:
July 2020 - Salado's Green Bridge Improvements - The KSB Volunteers will be restoring the garden at the Green Bridge this fall. KSB will install irrigation to help native plants establish, and utilize methods based on the plant's hardiness zone making the garden sustainable and easier to maintain over time.
Follow us on Facebook for details!! #ksbcreekandgardens #terraliving #thenaturecompanyofsalado
Historic College Hill Additions:
July 2019 - Curious people want to know, “What is that plant?”
New Recycling Bins - Salado Junior High:
KSB provided new recycling bins to the Salado Junior High AVID Program. Students in the AVID Program will collect items on the campus and take them to the campus recycling area monthly. The students are modeling good citizenship and helping the environment.
On June 1, 2019 from 11:00 – 1:00 KSB and Salado volunteers gathered to clean up litter and flood damage in Pace Park following recent storms. 12 volunteers (2 of whom were Scouts) worked for 3 hours each and cleared 20 pounds of trash/debris and 5 pounds of recyclables, and began the process of clearing the swimming area.
Also, the Village crew came in during this time and moved out the trees that had been uprooted during the flooding.
The Village plans include:
- increase parking,
- adding signs that establish rules and provide information,
- clean an area across from the springs for public use
- apply for a grant to develop trails, improve bathrooms and the pavilion.
Salado's Main Street Historic Green Bridge Improvements:
July 2020 - Salado's Green Bridge Improvements - The KSB Volunteers will be restoring the garden at the Green Bridge this fall. KSB will install irrigation to help native plants establish, and utilize methods based on the plant's hardiness zone making the garden sustainable and easier to maintain over time.
Follow us on Facebook for details!! #ksbcreekandgardens #terraliving #thenaturecompanyofsalado
Historic College Hill Additions:
July 2019 - Curious people want to know, “What is that plant?”
- KSB is working side by side with the Salado Museum and College Park to add native plant markers to the flower beds on College Hill.
New Recycling Bins - Salado Junior High:
KSB provided new recycling bins to the Salado Junior High AVID Program. Students in the AVID Program will collect items on the campus and take them to the campus recycling area monthly. The students are modeling good citizenship and helping the environment.
