Keep Houston Beautiful (the City of Houston’s Clean City Commission), is now accepting entry applications for the 28th Annual Mayor’s Proud Partner Awards. If your group has worked to support our city through awareness, beautification, conservation or enhancement activities, the City of Houston like to hear about it.

Please note the deadline for entries is Friday, September 7, 2012.

Click here to fill out an application

Any program, project or individual effort completed during 2012 to create a cleaner, more beautiful environment is eligible. See last year’s Proud Partners.

Examples of eligible entries: Beautification and landscaping installation, environmental education program, litter prevention, neighborhood cleanup, volunteer park improvement or waste minimization effort.

Sponsoring groups may include : Business, civic organization, college or university, garden club, government agency, media, medical institution, non-profit organization, religious organization, youth group or classroom project and/or an individual.

The Mayor’s Proud Partner award application is available at www.houstonbeautiful.org/ and is due by Friday, September 7, 2012.

Be sure to APPLY NOW! For more information, contact Keep Houston Beautiful at mailto:[email protected].

To learn more about the City of Houston sustainability efforts, visit www.greenhoustontx.gov/, www.codegreenhouston.org, www.houstontx.gov/parks/ and/or www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/.