Title
Keep Charlotte Beautiful Program Contributions
Action
Action:
A. Accept contributions in the amount of $42,000 for the Keep Charlotte Beautiful program from the following:
- Lowe’s Home Improvement: $26,000,
- Keep America Beautiful: $16,000, and
B. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $42,000 to the Neighborhood Development Grants Fund.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Rebecca Hefner, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Explanation
§ Keep Charlotte Beautiful (KCB), an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful (KAB), undertakes activities to support litter reduction, community greening, beautification, and recycling, including Great American Cleanup activities along with KAB affiliates across the country.
§ KAB’s goal is to remove 25 billion pieces of litter from public spaces by July 4, 2026, as part of the “Greatest American Cleanup,” a celebration for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Additionally, KAB makes funds available to affiliates to revitalize and beautify communities in areas named in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., through its MLK Corridor program.
§ Lowe’s Home Improvement and KAB are proposing sponsoring KCB projects in the Charlotte community to support the Greatest American Cleanup, MLK Corridor program, and other community greening and beautification efforts, including:
- Pollinator garden and raised bed plantings at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the city-supported affordable housing apartment communities Nia Point and Montgomery Gardens in Corridors of Opportunity;
- Tree watering and outreach efforts to extend the life of trees in Corridors of Opportunity;
- Signage improvements and tree labels along the city’s Urban Arboretum Trail;
- Refurbishing an educational greenhouse at the Charlotte Metro School; and
- KCB program supplies for volunteer community cleanups including safety vests, litter grabbers, gloves, and trash bags.
§ The proposed contributions are in alignment with the City Council-adopted Sponsorship Policy, and do not require a city match.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Private sponsorship funding
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Budget Ordinance