Environmental
education and litter prevention serves as the main goals of Keep Meridian/Lauderdale
County Beautiful. The state and national award-winning program became
certified as a local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful in February
1986. The program is housed at 723 23rd Ave and staffed by
one coordinator and secretarial support. A KAB Commission, consisting
of 7-appointees from the City of Meridian, 7-appointees from Lauderdale
County and one from the Town of Marion, serves as a support base for
the program.
The city council adopted a Comprehensive Clean Community Ordinance in 1995 in its on-going efforts to rid the city of weed over-growth, litter and debris. The ordinance has served as a model for other cities throughout the state seeking to teach its residents how to combat litter. Booklets to educate the public concerning litter laws have been published and are available at the KAB office.
Keep
Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful projects include: Adopt-A-Street,
Adopt-A-Road, Great American Clean Up, Youth
Mini-Grant Project, National Public Lands Day Celebration, Household
Hazardous Waste Day, Meridian Banner Program,
and Earth Day Celebration.The program provides promotional materials
to schools and community events to always educate and remind the general
public that it’s against the law to litter. Promotional items include
brochures, pencils, crayons, coloring books, litterbags, bookmarks,
book covers, T-shirts, gloves, garbage bags, trash receptacles, etc.,
and they all bear the programs’ logo to promote litter awareness
and prevention.
Remember litter is a serious problem in Meridian/Lauderdale County. It is an expensive problem and it is everybody’s problem. Working together, we can clean up our community. Law enforcement personnel are not the only people who can put an end to littering and illegal dumping. Citizens can take an active role in putting an end to these crimes by teaming up with local officials to combat litter and keep Meridian/Lauderdale County clean, healthy, and beautiful. We can all work together and make an environmental difference.
CITY OF MERIDIAN APPOINTED
KAB COMMISSIONERS
2007-2010
Mrs. Willie M. Brown
Mr. Jeffrey Dubose
Dr. Ben McEachin
Mrs. Helen Gough
Mrs. Betty Lou Jones
Mrs. Dorothy Sampson
Mr. Jet Scarbrough
Adopt-A-Street
Adopt-A-Road
Youth Mini-Grant Project
Meridian Banner Program
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click on highlighted areas to receive information on how to apply or
get involved with the Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful program.
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Earth Day
Celebration
National Public
Lands Day
Great American
Clean Up Day
Meridian is a
member of Tree City USA
e-mail
KAB@meridianms.org