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​MISSION STATEMENT
Keep Lago Vista Beautiful is a volunteer organization dedicated to enhancing and preserving the natural Hill Country charm of Lago Vista through progressive community projects.

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Keep Lago Vista Beautiful is a City of Lago Vista committee formed in 1992 by mayoral proclamation to promote the well being of the community by developing programs for cleanup, recycling and use of Lago Vista resources.

During the early years, KLVB developed programs to address many environmental issues such as curbside recycling, and city-wide fall and spring collecting of tree trimmings and trash brought by citizens.  Adopt-a-street, anti-littering, landscaping and beautification programs were also added.

Beginning in 1997, several major beautification projects were planned, financed and completed. These include what is now known as Bowden Point and the corner of Lohman Ford Road and Paseo de Vaca. Through private funding, the Lago Vista Property Owners' Association and KLVB volunteers identified four prominent locations where attractive stone and wood directional signs were erected to assist passing visitors.

KLVB purchased three sets of hanging banners; the sailboat, Christmas theme, and patriotic.  KLVB also purchased and had installed the iconic aluminum "sailboat" atop the pylon at the intersection of Lohman Ford Road and Dawn Drive; developed the scenic overlook trail at the Sports Complex; the windmill at Lohman Ford and Paseo de Vaca; and the wind spiral on Dawn Drive at the traffic circle. 

Throughout the years, KLVB has been greatly assisted by city workers who install the majority of Christmas lighting displays, hang banners, provide and operate backhoes to dig holes for trees, collect trash, and chip tree and brush trimmings.

KLVB pursues community projects through generous donations of funds and volunteer manpower.  Private donors, civic organizations and the City of Lago Vista fund these projects.

Success depends on the dedication of current and new volunteers. 


KEEP LAGO VISTA WINS GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 April 2020


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KLVB and GCAA award plaque: Sept 2020. Right to left - kneeling: Mayor Ed Tidwell and Denise Sellers. In back: City Parks director Chris Mobley, Dan Sellers, Frank Robbins, Frank Colletta, Beth Colletta, Sheldon Green, Margaret Leitko and City Manager Josh Ray .
​​Lago Vista Receives Prestigious Governor’s Community  Achievement Award

 LAGO VISTA – Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) has recognized Lago Vista as one of ten winners of the 2020 Governor’s Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) for outstanding community improvement. KTB, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), has awarded the GCAA to Texas communities for more than 50 years. This year, the ten winning communities will share $2 million in landscape funding from TxDOT; Lago Vista will receive $130,000 for a landscaping project.
 The award is one of the most coveted annual environmental and community improvement honors in Texas. A community’s environmental program is judged by a group of diverse, multi-sector judges on achievements in seven environmental and community improvement areas: public awareness and outreach, environmental education, beautification and community improvement, litter prevention and cleanup, solid waste management, litter law, and illegal dumping enforcement.
 The City of Lago Vista and Keep Lago Vista Beautiful (KLVB) have partnered together to develop a strong community development team, focused on maintaining our beauty and educating our citizens on how to protect our natural amenities.  Our team received second place in 2018 and made a dedicated effort in 2019 to do more, be better, and get more individuals involved in keeping our Lago Vista beautiful. 
 The GCAA program has recognized outstanding communities since 1969, with TxDOT providing landscaping award funding since 1985. Lago Vista will receive its award at the GCAA Gala on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 in Houston during KTB’s Annual Conference. Other winning communities include South Padre Island, Weston Lakes, Levelland, White Settlement, Alvin, The Colony, Harlingen, Tyler, and Grand Prairie.
   To learn more about GCAA and this year’s winners, visit ktb.org/gcaa. 
For more information on this or any other City-related issues, please visit our website at www.lagovistatexas.org or contact City Manager, Joshua Ray at 512.267.1155 or jray@lago-vista.org.
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​​KLVB WINS MONARCH BUTTERFLY GARDEN GRANT
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LAGO VISTA TX  April 16 2020 – Keep Lago Vista Beautiful has won a grant from the Texas Native Plant Society to install a butterfly garden in the Lago Vista Municipal Sports Complex.  This grant is part of a program called “Bring Back the Monarchs to Texas”.   It provides $400 to purchase and install native flowers such as milkweed, pollinator, and nectar plants, that are particularly attractive to Monarch butterflies passing through the Hill Country on their migrations in the spring and fall.
Sheldon Green of KLVB says “When the garden is complete, signs will provide names and background of the plants, making it a source of information for those in the area who want to create butterfly gardens on their property.  We can each help return the threatened Monarch population to a better normal.”
Scientific results released by the Environmental Defense Fund (March 2020) have revealed a 53% drop in the Monarch Butterfly migrations to Michoacan, Mexico.  According to the study, “the Monarch Butterfly population is below the threshold at which scientists predict the migration could collapse.  The Monarch Butterfly has been on a downward trajectory for decades with annual fluctuations such as land use changes, habitat loss, and extreme variable weather. " (EDF)
The spring planting of the garden is complete, with more varieties of milkweed and pollinators to be added in the fall.  Look for the sign “Monarch Waystation” to the right of the pool house on the inclined walkway.  This designation is open to all who meet the criteria of the Monarch Watch at monarchwatch.org/waystations.  Or just look for the butterflies!
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​Keep Lago Vista Beautiful Recognized as Silver Star Affiliate by Keep Texas Beautiful
27 Texas Communities Honored for their Exceptional Community Improvement Efforts
 
LAGO VISTA, TEXAS - Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB), a statewide grassroots environmental and community improvement non-profit organization, recently named KLVB a Silver Star Affiliate, a designation granted to only 27 of KTB’s nearly 300 affiliates. Silver Star recognition is the second-highest status any community affiliate can achieve.  KTB will formally recognize Silver Star communities during its 53rd Annual Conference in Houston on September 28-30, 2020.
 
“Our affiliates are the backbone of our organization. We are proud to honor those going above and beyond to keep their communities clean and beautiful,” says Suzanne Kho, Executive Director of Keep Texas Beautiful. “Our Silver Star Affiliates are educating and engaging community members, actively recruiting and managing volunteers, hosting cleanup and beautification events throughout their community and so much more.”
 
In 2019 alone, KTB affiliates engaged 71,586 volunteers who contributed 351,953 hours to collect 4 million pounds of waste and recyclables and clean 16,212 miles of Texas roadway, trails, and waterways.  KLVB successfully implemented programs to clean up litter, reduce and recycle waste, educate local citizens and beautify and enhance the local community.
 
Local litter reduction programs include the Adopt-A-Street program, the #lagolitterchallenge, and support of cleanup efforts in underserved neighborhoods.  The Adopt-A-Spot program brings beautification and landscape maintenance to over a dozen public spaces throughout the city.  In 2019 KLVB planted trees at the Library courtyard and the Highland Lakes median, installed walkways and picnic tables at City Hall, and planted mums to brighten Dawn Point.  Annual events include a goals’ presentation to LVISD, promotion to the community during the Halloween “Night Out”, cleanup of the Primavera Race route, and the City Wide Trash Off.  In 2019 this joint effort of the City, KLVB and the Lions removed 500 car loads of junk from our area, and saw the premier of hazardous household waste collection. 
 
In speaking of the efforts of this dedicated group of volunteers, City Manager Josh Ray said “It blows my mind that community volunteers keep this city as clean and beautiful as it is!” All in a day’s work for Silver Star Affiliate KLVB.   You too can be a part of the excitement at Keep Lago Vista Beautiful.  Join us!

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS!!!
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​The City of Lago Vista
Lago Vista Womens Club
​Historical Society
​Sun Hardware
Jim Orr
​Tim (anonymous)

Artistic Dreamscapes & Design, Brandon R. Smith
​Jeff Rosprim
Jeff Hodgkins, Apogee Imaging
Vistago Prints
Daryle Berger

​The Family of Faye Tessnow
​Jim and Janet Casson
​Doug Weigle
Baylor Scott and White
Domino's Pizza
Lago Dental Center
Texas Stars
Wal-Mart
Sonic
Casey Homes
​Ellie Chavez Photography

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Related Links:

​City of Lago Vista
            
http://lagovistatexas.org/

Lago Vista & Jonestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Convention & Visitors Bureau
            
http://www.lagovista.org/

Keep Texas Beautiful
             
http://www.ktb.org/

​Grow Green Book
            
https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Watershed/growgreen/plantguide.pdf

Firewise
             
http://www.northshorefirewise.org/
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  • About us
  • Project Photo Gallery
    • KLVB Projects
  • ADOPT A SPOT
    • BOWDEN POINT
    • DAWN DRIVE
    • HIGHLAND LAKES DRIVE
    • LAGO VISTA COUNTRY CLUB
    • MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
    • PASEO DE VACA
    • SPORTS COMPLEX
  • LAGO LITTER CHALLENGE
  • LAGO LANDSCAPES
    • City Hall Landscape plan
    • Dawn Drive Circle
    • PASEO DE VACA landscape plan