Bring One for the Chipper
Thanks to everyone that brought their Christmas Tree to our event! We recycled over 1,000 live trees!
Stratford Academy Ecology Club and Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission Work Together…
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission, Stratford Academy ecology club students, and El Sombrero staff worked together to educate customers about non-plastic options. https://www.13wmaz.com/mobile/article/news/local/straw-plastic-metal-agave-el-sombrero-environment-stratford-student-macon-recycle-commission/93-c2bedf87-8481-465b-b62d-5e7dba3686de
Macon Blossoms Update…
What a beautiful pink performance that nature provided this spring . . . . then, she turned on the oven. Most of you have noticed that the health of our cherrished trees has suffered. Defoliation has occurred due to heat stress and shot hole disease. If your trees are affected, it is imperative to rake…
AS IF CAROLYN NEVER WENT AWAY:
The late summer Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful board of directors meeting took on additional significance with the return of Carolyn Crayton. The KMBB and Cherry Blossom Festival founder welcomed members to the August get-together following a severe hip breakage after a fall in Atlanta on the eve of her late June birthday. The KMBB board was…
Back to School Cleanup
Special thanks to the Stratford Academy Ecology Club for cleaning up Peake Road from Tucker to the Pine Pointe Hospice to make their area of town look tidy for the kickoff of the school year! They collected 7 bags of litter!
KMBB “GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP”
It is another big turnout for Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful and several neighborhood communities for the 23rd annual Great American Cleanup. Under sponsorship of Keep America Beautiful, the effort brings together more than three million volunteers for the giant springtime event. From ceremonies at Henderson Stadium, the various groups fanned out city wide to help keep…
Cherry Trees for Sale
Yoshino cherry trees will be sold at Central City Park in the Round Building daily during the Cherry Blossom Festival for $10. The Cherry trees will be sold at Lowe Lighting Thursday & Friday March 28 & 29. The Cherry trees will be sold at the Mulberry Arts & Crafts Festival Saturday, March 30 &…
KMBBC & Governor Kemp
Governor Brian Kemp welcomed Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful and several surrounding counties clean community’s commission representatives to his office at the capitol when the group brought special “goody bags” of Mid-State products and other Items to this areas Georgia Legislative Delegations.
Springdale Eagles Win
Springdale Eagles won the Youth Education Award at the Keep America Beautiful Conference on Baltimore Maryland.
CAROLYN’S 40 PLUS
George H.W. Bush and Carolyn Crayton’s meeting was soon after the Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful was formed by Keep America Beautiful. The local organization headed up by Mrs. Crayton joined two others in Charlotte and Tampa as the first in the nation. That event four decades ago was marked by pink clad Keep America Beautiful President Helen…
Welcome to Macon
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful founder Carolyn Crayton gave opening remarks to the annual Keep Georgia Beautiful award luncheon crowd. Traditionally held in Atlanta, KGB moved the event to Macon honoring Carolyn and KMBB on the 40th anniversary of the organization and of KMBB’s being one of three first beautification commissions in the nation for Keep America…
Garbage, recycling, and yard & bulky waste collection changes begin Monday, November 5
Beginning November 5, 2018, garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulky waste collection will change in Macon-Bibb County. Advanced Disposal Services (ADS) will be responsible for garbage and recycling, while Macon-Bibb’s Solid Waste Department will be responsible for yard and bulky waste. Beginning late afternoon on November 2, people can go to http://sw.maconbibb.us for…
We’ve Reached a Benchmark!
From Lynda F. Brown, VP of Community Engagement – United Way of Central Georgia! We’re excited to let you know that you’ve reached a benchmark on United Way of Central Georgia. You’re making our community stronger by helping out, and we cannot thank you enough. In celebration of your achievement, we want you to have…
What’s Wrong With Our Cherry Trees? by: Gary Wilson
You may have noticed and even been concerned about the condition of our cherry trees from late summer until now. Many have defoliated early as a result of above normal temperatures and lack of rain fall. I have received many calls and emails over the course of the last two weeks regarding our unsightly cherries…
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission Receives the Sustained Excellence Award
Pam Carswell, President & CEO KMBBC, Helen Lowman and Carolyn Crayton Founder of KMBBC received this award at the Keep America Beautiful 2018 Conference.
Keep Georgia Beautiful National Winners
These are all the Keep Georgia Beautiful National Winners that were announced at the Keep America Beautiful 2018 Conference.
Waste Management (Madison, Mississippi) Receiving Carolyn Crayton Award
Waste Management was the recipient of the Carolyn Crayton Award, which was created in honor of the longtime Keep America Beautiful board member who is credited with advancing Keep America Beautiful’s community-based affiliate network, having started the Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission in Macon, Georgia, in 1974. Waste Management’s Mississippi Gulf Coast Area Public Affairs Manager, Buford…
County-Wide Debris Collection
Crews to begin county-wide debris collection Thursday Companies hiring people, crews, & equipment to assist Macon-Bibb County has hired Southern Disaster Recovery (SDR) to collect, grind, and remove debris left behind from Tropical Storm Irma, and DebrisTech as the debris monitoring company. DebrisTech has conducted training of Field Debris Monitors and certified the trucks that will…
KMBBC Receives VIP Partnership Award
The VIP Partnership Award was given to Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful after being nominated by Springdale Elementary School. This award recognizes a non-profit organization that has made an outstanding contribution to support Bibb County Schools District students, through the development and/or provision of high quality and innovative program, project, or specific service. Pam Carswell,…
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful names new commissioners
The Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission has six new commissioners. The new members are: Renee Bumpus with The Bumpi Group; Seth Coker, director of the Department of Community Affairs; Janice Habersham, retired educator, Bibb County schools; Calvetra Purvis with Graphic Packaging; Staci Uselton with YKK; and Gary Wilson with TBW Garden Design and Installation.The commission…
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful To Hold Annual Tree Recycling Event
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful is hosting their annual Bring One for the Chipper event on Jan. 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Riverside Drive and Spring Street. People can bring their un-decorated trees to be recycled and in return receive a free bag of mulch. Kevin Barkley with the Macon-Bibb Solid…
Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful Commission Kicks Off Christmas Tree Round Up
Today the group is kicking off its annual Christmas tree round up. You can bring your old trees to any Kroger location, except the Baconsville store. Just be sure to hold on to your ornaments.
Downtown Challenge Winners Announced
The Community Foundation of Central Georgia announced its second round of funded projects from the Downtown Challenge. The winners have submitted various ideas that could make downtown Macon a better place.
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful wins big at Keep Georgia Beautiful Awards Luncheon
Macon-Bibb County and the Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission walked away with six awards at Friday’s Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation Luncheon.
Dog waste stations installed in downtown Macon
Picking up after your pup just got a little easier in Macon. Twenty-six dog waste stations have been added to parks across downtown, and five more are set to be added in the coming months.
Macon-Bibb Wins Awards ‘Keep Georgia Beautiful’
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful and the county won six first place awards out of seven categories overall in the 2016 Keep Georgia Beautiful Awards Luncheon.
Luncheon honors Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, Cherry Blossom Festival volunteers
The Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission and the International Cherry Blossom Festival honored dozens of volunteers Thursday during the organizations’ 42nd annual Volunteer Appreciation and Awards Luncheon. The ceremony is held to thank the volunteers who support the festival and help carry out the commission’s mission of beautification, litter prevention and recycling, according to a news…
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Celebrates National, State Awards
The Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission earned a Keep America Beautiful 2015 Affiliate Award of Excellence and a President’s Circle Award for upholding national beautification standards.
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Starts Litter Hotline
One organization is asking Macon-Bibb residents to help keep trash off the county’s streets. Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful recently launched their “Litter Hotline,” where residents can call in if they see someone throwing trash out of their car.
Litter Bug Hotline
Now there’s something you can do when you see someone littering Macon-Bibb County. You can anonymously report littering by phone or email. The Litter Bug Hotline has been put in to place to give the community a fast and easy way to report someone littering. To report a Litter Bug all you ned to know is…
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission Honors Catlett
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission recently recognized Derrick Catlett, arborist for the Middle Georgia State College plant operations department, for his community service work.