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LAGO ISSUES LITTER CHALLENGE
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​LITTER FACT: 
Approximately 435 million pieces of visible litter 
accumulate on Texas roadways each year.

One of the most common pieces of litter is paper products.  A considerable amount of paper litter in Lago Vista comes from recycle cart spillage during collection. Our recycle material is not bagged like our trash. When the carts are picked up lightweight loose pieces can fall out and are carried by the wind to litter our streets and roads.  Overfilling recycle carts is a common cause of spills.  Cart lids should be tightly closed as shown above.  Other ways to avoid spillage is to avoid putting separate small pieces of paper into the cart.  Put small pieces of paper in recycled envelops.  Break down cardboard boxes.  Put shredded paper in paper bags.  Finally, check the area and pick up and spilled items.  If we all accept the Lago Litter Challenge we can reduce unsightly litter and Keep Lago Vista Beautiful.
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​ADOPT - A - STREET
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​A Texas-size thank you to 154 Lago Vista Citizens - adopting 127 street sections!!
Pitch in to keep Lago Vista beautiful.  Join the Lago Litter Challenge and adopt a street in your neighborhood. More than one hundred of our neighbors have already adopted streets.  We still have orphan streets that need some love.  If you would like to adopt a street join the #lagolitterchallenge Facebook Group and leave a comment with the street you want to adopt.  Or, call Frank Coletta at (210) 218-9961.
 
LITTER FACT: If every person in Texas picked up just two pieces of trash every month, our streets and highways would be completely litter-free in just one year!!​
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​LIONS LOVE LAGO
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Every other month the Lions Club of Lago Vista volunteers pick up 3.5 miles of Lohman's Ford Road from FM 1431 to Boggy Ford Road.  During a typical pickup 8 volunteers picked up 15 bags of trash in 11 hours.  Multiply 15 bags by 6 times per year... and that comes to a whole lotta trash on just that short stretch of highway.    Recently, Lions participating while social distancing were: Frank Robbins, Mike Zaydel, Pat and Ted Rosen, Jeff Kobie, Pat Evans, Pete Pfile, and Mike Beal.  Thank you Lions for keeping Lago Vista clean so faithfully! ​

PRIMAVERA PICKUP

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CHECK IT OUT!!!
​2020 LA PRIMAVERA PICKUP COMPLETED
 
A record crew of volunteers showed up on Thursday Feb 27  to scour the bicycle race route for this weekend’s big event.  Eighteen big bags of litter were pulled from right-of-ways and ditches.  KLVB is happy to host these cleanup efforts, and programs like the #LagoLitterChallenge and Adopt-A-Street.  But hey – wouldn’t it be better if the litter was never created in the first place?  Please think before you throw!  And make way for pelotons!!!
 
Pictured in a hilarious mood from right to left:  Dan and Denise Sellers, Frank and Beth Coletta, Mike Leitko, Frank Robbins,  Kay Schneider,  Margaret Leitko, Anne Ochoa, Joan Carney, David and Pam Nickell, Selima Harbison, Scarlett and Hendrix.  Not pictured but also volunteered: Ken Blake.   ​

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NEW TXDOT APP TO REPORT LITTERERS!

​​​Most of the litter along Lago Vista streets and roads comes from people throwing trash out the window, or trash blowing out from truck beds.  KLVB volunteers report picking up fast food containers, beer cans, and even liquor bottles.  BE PREPARED!  Go to dontmesswithtexas.org  right now and get the REPORT A LITTERER app!  When you see a litterer, immediate reports are possible thru the app.  Info required is license number, car description and type of trash.  TxDOT will send the litterer a Don’t mess with Texas litterbag along with a letter reminding them to keep their trash off of our roads.
 
LITTER FACT: 1 in 4 Texans admits to littering in the past year!!!  Don't YOU be one!
 

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  • Home
  • 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