SUMMER 2025

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Executive Director Report

Welcome to our Mississippi heat – have a glass of sweet tea or lemonade!

I know many of you are still brave enough to have cleanups and have been busy watering those beautiful areas in your communities, in spite of the heat.  I have seen beautiful landscaping in our Affiliate communities this summer and it amazes me the work you do.

Keep Mississippi Beautiful was invited to exhibit at the Mississippi Municipal League Conference on the Mississippi Gulf Coast recently. We met many of the state’s newest officials during our roundtable presentations. Many of the attendees that chose our round table were very complimentary of the work of their neighboring KMB local affiliates. We do want to thank MML Executive Director, Shari Veazey and her team for an outstanding conference.

We look forward to hosting our State Affiliate conference at Lake Tiak-O’Khata, October 23-24, 2025. Hope to see all of our affiliates there and enjoy some cooler weather. Please see our website under affiliate resources for registration and lodging information. https://keepmsbeautiful.com/affiliate-resources/

Scenes from Lake Tiak-O'Khata, site of the 2025 KMB Conference

We want to welcome Michelle Douglas and her team for Keep Yazoo County Beautiful becoming our newest KMB affiliate family member. 

Congratulations to our Keep Mississippi Beautiful affiliates that were recently awarded grants from Keep America Beautiful.


Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLLP): Keep Pearl River County Beautiful and Keep Pike County Beautiful


Great to Greatest American Cleanup Grants: Keep Chickasaw Beautiful, Keep Canton Beautiful, Keep Pearl River County Beautiful, Keep The Rez Beautiful, and Keep Meridian Beautiful




We recently awarded the beautiful white trailers to some of our Keep Mississippi Beautiful affiliates and also some of the Sheriff’s across the state that participate in the Sheriff/Inmate Litter Program.  

Greatest American Cleanup Pledge


Pledge to join the Greatest American Cleanup to help create a cleaner, greener community. By working together, we can make our neighborhoods more beautiful in time for America’s Birthday on July 4, 2026. https://kab.org/greatest-american-cleanup/

Many of you know that our Jan Richardson is beginning a new chapter in her life and is making a career change. Keep Mississisippi Beautiful Board and myself want to thank Jan for everything she has done to make Keep Mississippi Beautiful the best state affiliate in the nation. Jan's support and commitment to our local network affilates has been impactful and they are stronger because of Jan. Hiring Jan was one of the best decisons Keep Mississppi Beautiful has ever made and I have been blessed and fortunate to work beside Jan for almost four years. Jan's contribution will never be forgotten!


Remember--Keep Mississippi Clean and Green

Sarah

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