Keep Carrollton Beautiful has brought a national litter reduction campaign to Carrollton, giving local businesses, civic organizations and other groups the opportunity to make an impact on the cleanliness and appearance of our community ? one ?spot? at a time. By accepting the responsibility and leadership of the adopted “spot”, the group is not only increasing awareness of litter issues and the impact of beautification efforts, but is also publicly demonstrating a positive behavior of local pride and ownership of Carrollton.

? Adopt-A-Spot is really the metropolitan version of the Texas Department of Transportation?s Adopt-A-Highway, but we really can?t have volunteers cleaning the highways around here. It?s much too dangerous,? said Sharon Goddard, Founder and Executive Director of Keep Carrollton Beautiful.

The yearly commitment is to clean your ?spot? once a quarter, but many of those who are already signed up clean more often. Their ?spot? is a great source of pride and the cleanups serve as great team-building events. Your company or group gets two street signs, supplies and lots of support from Keep Carrollton Beautiful.

Although you can adopt on most streets, the City of Carrollton has identified ten locations that could use some additional tender loving care. These greenbelt sites are listed on www.KeepCarrolltonBeautiful.org and come with more rustic signs, also located on major thoroughfares.

City Manager, Leonard Martin says, ?Most of the services provided by the city contribute in some way to the overall quality of life and sustainability of the community. But we need help. If more of our 5,200 businesses and organizations were involved in community service projects, everyone would benefit. Becoming a community partner means contributing in some way to the revitalization of our environment and community spirit.?

Keep Carrollton Beautiful is bringing thousands of volunteers together and making our community a more beautiful place to work and live. Join them to claim your ?spot? or go to www.KeepCarrolltonBeautiful.org for the Forms required. Watch for their next events: Trinity River Trash Bash on October 13th and Texas Recycles Day on November 10th.