Nominations being accepted for annual Keep Jacksonville Beautiful awards

Posted on February 6, 2013 By Editor Neighborhood News

If you or someone you know has made an outstanding and ongoing effort in beautification, litter prevention or litter cleanup in Duval County, you have until Mar. 29 to submit an application for the 6th Annual Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Awards.

Last year’s award winners included husband and wife team Sarah Nan and Duncann Pullen, who were recognized with a Leadership Achievement Award for battling pollution in local creeks, tributaries and rivers and advocating for a cleaner environment through countless hours with local organizations.

Hendricks Elementary School was also an award winner for campus cleanup days, recycling 22,340 pounds of classroom paper, and planting eight trees on campus in partnership with Greenscape of Jacksonville and T & D Preventative Maintenance of JEA. The school also promotes its sustainability activities in a paperless newspaper.
Applications can be found online at www.coj.net under Departments/Neighborhoods/Environmental Quality, then click on Clean It Up, Green It Up in the left margin. Navigate to the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful page and scroll down for the application.