KEEP KEY WEST

Beautiful

Keep Key West Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Under the direction of City Manager Patti McLauchlin and Keep Key West Beautiful Chair Dorian Patton, the program currently consists of the Mayor’s Beautification Committee, Plogging The Keys and Key West Adopt-A-Spot.

Volunteers for all three groups donate their time and efforts for the beautification and betterment of our island paradise. We would like to thank the following for their commitment to Keeping Key West Beautiful.

Plogging The Keys Coordinator Roberta Depiero

With Roberta’s efforts in organizing regular Friday morning cleanups, 1,014 volunteers have collected and removed 6,321 pounds of trash, 98 gallons of cigarette butts and 638 pounds of recycling from Key West neighborhoods.

Adopt A Spot Coordinator Marge Holtz

In one year Marge has coordinated the adoption of 16 new Adopt-A-Spots in the city of Key West with more underway.

Thank you to all the “adopters” for their commitment to keeping Key West beautiful:

Debbie Steinberg

Off the Charts Entertainment

Rotary Club of Key West (Noon Rotary)

Key West Sea Turtle Club

USCGC Mohawk

Keys Federal Credit Union

Roger & Cindy McVeigh

Ward & Meyers, LLC (CPAs)

Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory

Keller Williams Key West Compass Realty

Historic Tours of America

Southernmost Coconut Castaways

Teri Johnston

Nancy Coward

Megan Vidovich

Tiffany M. Pellicier

MAYOR’S BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE CHAIR JULIE BROWN

Mayor Teri Johnston formed the Mayor’s Beautification Committee in August 2019 to raise awareness and community engagement in keeping our island pristine. “We have been blessed with incredible natural resources and venues in Key West that require maintenance and day-to-day attention beyond the capabilities of our Community Services Department.” All who enjoy our island have a responsibility to leave it better than we found it while respecting and protecting our environment.

The committee has collaborated with our Community Services department and dedicated volunteers to renovate city pocket parks, remove graffiti from public property, repaint benches and street signs and decorate garbage cans, recycling bins and dumpsters. In 2023, under the direction of Chair Julie Brown, the committee will tackle another four major projects to beautify our island.