LMR_August2018

Lt. Gov’s Beautification Awards Winners
This year LMA presented
the third annual Lt.
Governor’s Beautification
Awards. This program
has been put in place to
encourage cleanliness
and beautification in our
communities throughout
the year. In order to
qualify, municipalities must
meet the criteria of both
Keep Louisiana Beautiful
and the Louisiana Garden
Club Federation’s Cleanest
Cities Contest.
Keep Louisiana Beautiful is
Louisiana’s premier organization
in the fight against
litter. Over the past decade,
KLB has awarded millions
in community grants to
KLB affiliates, municipalities,
and other non-profit
organizations.
The Louisiana Garden
Club Federation’s Cleanest
Cities Contest was started
in 1958 as a means to
promote a cleaner Louisiana.
Louisiana is the
only state to have such
a program. To enter the
contest, a city must be
sponsored by a Federated
Garden Club. The deadline
for entries into the contest
was February 1, 2018. A city
must show evidence of the
work that it has done to
promote litter abatement.
The following municipalities
have participated in
both the Cleanest City
Program and Keep LA
Beautiful for a full year and
have completed the criteria
for both programs.
Congratulations to the
following municipalities
for winning the Lieutenant
City of Abbeville
Village of Florien
City of Gretna
Town of Homer
City of Lake Charles
Village of Loreauville
City of Bogalusa
Town of Grand Isle
City of Hammond
Town of Jean Lafitte
Town of Lecompte
CIty of Monroe
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